31 YEARS AGO Heart of community

In the old days hospitals like Ayr and Heathfield, pictured here, were in the middle of the towns where the population was concentrated.

Now with greater mobility, we have lost that intimacy. This is Heathfield Hospital in 1991, complete with tall brick chimney for the waste to be burned. Most of the old building was demolished before the site was downgraded. Housing now sits in this area.