I WAS very interested in your article that included Nieuport House.
May I point out an omission that may be of interest to you?
Nieuport House also housed an open-air school in the stable block before it became the home for the Latvians.
In 1941 or 1942 at the age of five or six I was sent there for nine months. My parents visited me once a month.
Open-air schools were designed to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.
Hereford health authority paid for this at a time before the NHS.
It was an innovative project for which Hereford should be proud.
I have vivid memories of this time.
Open-air was considered to be the cure all. Conditions were harsh by today's standards, but I remember those war-time days spent at Almeley with fondness.
I feel it is important to remember these projects and the care that went with them, even if now they seem out of date.
ANN LITTLE
Moreton-on-Lugg
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