Noah

Tunbridge Wells General Hospital had a children's ward built to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.  It was decorated with decorative nursery rhyme tiles. and when the hospital closed the panels could not be moved so a campaign was launched to buy new ones for the replacement hospital, the Kent & Sussex, which opened in 1934. The panels were made of tiles made by Poole Pottery and depicted Noah's Ark, shown here, and there were smaller panels, depicting the animals, around the ward.

When the Kent & Sussex was closed this panel was removed and is now displayed in the new hospital at Pembury - formally called the Tunbridge Wells hospital. I've paraphrased this from the details shown next to the panel, check the extras for a shot of the details.

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