As a kid, I lived on King Street and worked as a "candystriper" at City Hospital. This was probably late 50's or so. Some of the "old"wards were downright scary and we all fought to get there first so we'd be assigned to a"new" ward.

I was told I was born in Worcester City Hospital. I was born in April, 1948. My mother was Eleanor Boyle and she had lived in a Catholic home for unwed mothers--don't know which one. I was adopted by her husband (not my father) when I was 5; hence the name "Nichols". I am trying to locate records that might indicate who my father was. My mother graduated from Millford High in 1949.

I was born here in 1954. My father died here in 1964. My mother was taken here in 1971 following a serious car accident where a surgeon named Dr. Cataldo saved her life. In the 1960s I lived on Jacques Ave and we used to bicycle up the steep hill and ride around in the hospital parking lot. Nobody ever bothered us or kicked us out. We used to play in the ruins of the Oread School at the top of Castle Hill. All that remained were some steps and the foundation. We believed it was haunted.

http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofworc00rice/dictionaryofworc00rice_djvu.txt Hospital, (The City)— This institution was incorporated May 25, 1871, and was opened at the Abijah Bigelow house on the corner of Front and Church streets, Oct. 25, 1871. George Jaques soon after gave three and a half acres of land on Prince street (now Jaques avenue) as a site for a hospital, and at his death left the remainder of his estate, in value nearly $200,000 as a fund for its support. The Jaques homestead, at the corner of Wellington and Chandler streets, was occupied as a hospital from January, 1874, to December 8, 1881, when the present building on Jaques avenue was ready for use. At first there were only the main building and two wards, but in 1882 another ward was added, and later the Gill and Salisbury wards were built from funds given by Mrs. Sarah W. Gill and Stephen Salisbury, Esq. Mrs. Helen C. Knowles gave at her death $25,000 for the erection and maintenance of a lying-in ward, and this has been completed, and is known as the "Knowles Maternity." There are now seventy beds at the Hospital, and over 1,000 patients are treated yearly. A training school for nurses has been established at the hospital. The institution is under the direction of a board of seven trustees. Dr. Charles A. Peabody is the superintendent. The sum of $15,000 was appropriated by the City Government for the support of the hospital for the present year (1892).

I was brn at Wrc City Hospital in 1945 .I use to visit it every once in a while for my stitches.( Boys will be Boys)I use to visit friends that were in there as well as my Mother.I saw a lot of Changes over the years.It was a nice hospital as i remember.My Cousin Howie Gleason use to Volunteer there as well. breeze33776@yahoo.com

I was born Sandra Marie Goodness, June 22, 1948 at Worcester City Hospital. Christened on the 4th of July in St. Josephs Church. And that's all she wrote Billy Goat.