Welcome to my Virtual Tour of Yorkshire

[Diana E. Backhouse]

　

Back in the 1970s, I was asked to draw a series of local views, to be printed. I had drawn many more pictures before my sketches got into print, but it is through the printed views I can now take you on tour in several six sentence stages.

When my first daughter was born in 1969, I drew a picture of the small cottage hospital to give to one of the nurses. Before I left the hospital, I was asked to draw it fourteen times; as a bit of a bet, I drew the last one by heart and, to everyone's amazement, I got it right in every detail. It's a pity that I didn't have a print as it has since been demolished. When our younger daughter was born in 1973, I drew one picture of the Westwood Hospital in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, and had it printed for the nurses and doctors.

[Diana E. Backhouse]

Thank you, Teresa.

The future of this building is all too uncertain as well now. Parts of the hospital complex have closed already and the buildings are in a sad state of repair. A new hospital is being built at the other side of Beverley so this one may be closing completely. I do hope they will retain the old buildings and convert them to a good use rather than replace them with a modern housing estate. 'Progress' has a lot to anwer for.

 

[Teresa]

How very talented you are!  It's a shame the first hospital was demolished, but its image carried on...fourteen times!  Loved this.

[Diana E. Backhouse]

Thank you for your kind comments, ladies. I am here to post part 2 now.

[Pearl Hadley]

How lovely that you give these as presents to the nurses and doctors too!

[Cath Barton]

I'm with Gita - looking forward to more.

[Gita]

This is wonderful. You obviously have a real talent. More please!

[Bonnie]

excellent!!