{"id":10,"date":"2020-06-23T11:37:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T10:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offaspress.co.uk\/in-the-sticks\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2020-11-24T16:15:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T15:15:32","slug":"brindley-village-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offaspress.co.uk\/in-the-sticks\/brindley-village-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Brindley Village History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 1914, as World War I broke out, two military training camps were built on Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, to train soldiers before they were sent to fight in mainland Europe. These were situated at Brocton and Penkridge Bank (near Rugeley). In 1916, Cannock Chase Military Hospital (also known as Brindley Heath Military Hospital) was built on the Brindley Heath area of Cannock Chase to support the training camps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brindley Heath Military Hospital<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The hospital comprised 12 wards sized 20ft x 208ft connected by a long corridor, and treated up to 1000 convalescent soldiers at a time. After the war, the hospital was taken over by the Ministry of Pensions to treat those suffering from shell-shock (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder \u2013 PTSD) and those who had been injured in poison gas attacks. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Creating Brindley Village <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Pensions closed the hospital in 1924. The West Cannock Colliery Company, who owned the land, re-purposed the wards into bungalows, to house 75 families of workers at their nearby \u2018No 5\u2019 (\u2018Tackeroo\u2019) mine. The site already had electric lights, water, and sewage disposal, so it was considered a good opportunity to convert the buildings into dwellings. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n