Sujet

Mayday Hospital, London Road, West Thornton, Croydon, London, 01/05/1981. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

Mayday Hospital, London Road, West Thornton, Croydon, London, 01/05/1981. A group of people posed with celebratory drinks on the roof of the services block at Mayday Hospital during the topping out ceremony. Laing’s Southern Region was awarded the contract for the first phase of a multi-million pound five phase redevelopment project at Mayday Hospital. The contract included a new three storey surgical block with a linked service block, which was to be connected to the main hospital complex by bridge. The topping out of the services block at Mayday Hospital was aptly held on May Day. During the ceremony, an engraved silver trowel was presented to Denis Sweaney by Frank Bryer, joint managing director of the Construction Company. The occasion was also marked by the publication of 'Template'; the first in a series of printed information leaflets by the commissioning team, which described the topping out ceremony and provided a floor by floor diagram of the new facilities.

Date

1981

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A00_224

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

79,1Mo (2,8Mo) / 44,2cm x 44,8cm / 5224 x 5294 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building London England people male work job man men health hospital ceremony worker country construction site guy occupation British crane cranes celebrations English tradition ceremonial headdress celebration celebrating building site concrete location century Britain profession framework hard hat construction worker concept B&W headgear head-dress Eighties National Health Service NHS Construction Industry black & white black and white 1980s B W 20th century workers Croydon decade TGN photograph Thornton Heath Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc topping out John Laing & Co John Laing and Company John Laing & Company John Laing and Co Mayday Hospital