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RETREAT PHOTOGRAPHS

Photograph albums and photograph sets

Album of photographs of the Retreat

Exterior of north west wing (at front of Retreat), c 1880

Ladies Terrace, showing garden shelter

Gentlemen’s Lodge exterior, viewed from the field, with cricket match in progress

Front of the Retreat showing the old Medical Superintendent’s house at the north west corner of the building

Front of the Retreat showing garden and gable of Entrance Lodge and the old Medical Superintendent’s house

‘Reading Room’ in Ladies’ Gallery at north west side of Retreat building

Nurses’ Home, built 1897-9

Nurses Home viewed from the front of the Retreat: the photograph shows Dr Pierce, his son Edmund Pierce, and the Matron

Nurses’ Home from Park Field

Ladies’ Terrace showing garden and garden shelter

East Villa exterior

Retreat Entrance Lodge seen from the corner of the Medical Superintendent’s house

Retreat exterior front showing shrubs in front of building

West Villa exterior

West Villa from gardens at the side

Looking out onto Gentlemen’s Lodge terrace and gardens beyond from front of Gentlemen’s Lodge

Cricket field, match in progress

Retreat rear garden showing tree in course of felling, showing three layers of tree roots

Interior of 4th Gallery

3rd Gallery courtyard

Another view of 3rd Gallery courtyard, at a later date

4th Gallery sitting room

4th Gallery bedroom

Nurses’ sitting room in Nurses’ Home

Ladies’ dining room

Exterior of Belle Vue House

Exterior of Belle Vue House, with ladies sitting on benches in front

3rd Gallery courtyard and skittle alley

Belle Vue staff sitting outside Belle Vue House

Festivities for the Coronation of Edward VII, 9 August 1902

Retreat wagonette decorated for Hospital Saturday

Model ship: ‘Christmas ship of Goodwill’, 1902

Festivities for the Coronation of Edward VII

Exterior of Gainsborough House, Scarborough (Retreat Annexe and Holiday Home)

Exterior of Throxenby Hall, Scarborough (Retreat Annexe and Holiday Home)

Sitting room at Throxenby Hall

Smoke room at Throxenby Hall

Drawing room of old Medical Superintendent’s house, before demolition

Dining room of Medical Superintendent’s house

Demolition of Medical Superintendent’s house in progress

Throxenby Hall garden

Retreat nurses dressed as geisha girls for the Nurses’ entertainment, 1904

Scene from ‘The Rivals’ performed on the Retreat stage, 1898

Scene from ‘The Bow Street Runners’ on the Retreat stage, 1903

Staff outside Retreat dressed up for an entertainment ‘P the Q’, 1902

3rd Gallery garden

Tree being felled

Garden behind the main building, showing garden shelter and people

John Backhouse, member of Retreat cricket team, at the wicket, ready to bat

Drawing of John Thornton, member of Retreat cricket team, in position as wicket keeper

Group photograph, taken outside the Retreat, of the Belgian family housed by the Retreat in August 1914

Another group photograph of the Belgian family housed in August 1914

Lamel Hill showing summerhouse on top

View looking down from Lamel Hill into the Retreat garden

Lamel Hill showing summerhouse and paths leading up to it

Lamel Beeches (the new Medical Superintendent’s house), showing plants and shrubs

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Retreat exterior front c 1880

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