MALVERN, ENGLAND: A picture from inside the kitchen at the abandoned care home, showing containers of coffee, drinking chocolate and Horlicks. LOOK INSIDE the home where heroic nurse Florence Nightingale believed her life was saved upon returning to Britain from her service during the Crimean War. Pictures show the one time centre for ‘water cure’ treatment in Malvern, Malvernbury, which became a frequent stop for Florence Nightingale between 1857 and 1860 while she recovered from the effects of war which left her suffering severe anxiety and exertion. Another famous convert to Malvern’s water


MALVERN, ENGLAND: A picture from inside the kitchen at the abandoned care home, showing containers of coffee, drinking chocolate and Horlicks. LOOK INSIDE the home where heroic nurse Florence Nightingale believed her life was saved upon returning to Britain from her service during the Crimean War. Pictures show the one time centre for ‘water cure’ treatment in Malvern, Malvernbury, which became a frequent stop for Florence Nightingale between 1857 and 1860 while she recovered from the effects of war which left her suffering severe anxiety and exertion. Another famous convert to Malvern’s water cure included Charles Darwin who stated after four months of treatment, ‘I consider the sickness as absolutely cured. Sadly, this building did not receive listed status and now stands as an abandoned wreck. Sales advisor Jason Kirkham (49) accessed this historic building through a broken window to photograph what remained of this former care home in Malvern.


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