Thu 17 Sep 26
Thu 17 Sep:10:30; Free Entry.
Astor Community Theatre, Stanhope Road, Deal CT14 6AB
Heritage Open Day: An illustrated talk by Sharon Powell about the fascinating life of Dr James Hall OBE. Dr Frederick James Simkin Hall was born in 1899. In this comprehensive talk we learn how life brought him from his roots in Yardly, Birmingham, to Deal, where he became Dr James Hall OBE, the famous lifeboat doctor, an author and the founder of the Deal and Walmer Handelian Society.
We hear what life was like working alongside the Deal boatmen in treacherous weather throughout WWII, tending to patients after boarding vessels moored in the Downs off the coast of Deal, all will running a busy doctors practice from his home in Dover Road. and working hard in the new hospital in the town...
