The Doll's Hospital
The Doll's Hospital (or Dolls' Hospital) was a toy shop at 16 Dawes Road, London, Dawes Road, Fulham, London that was in operation for over 100 yearsLewis, Ron, Blood-Curdling History of a Doll's Hospital, Middlesex County Times - Friday 25 August 1989, page 13, via British Newspaper Archive and repaired dolls sent by postal mail. The business eventually acquired an international reputation for its restoration workshop, including media coverage in the ''Illustrated Sydney News'', "Patients are admitted for broken heads, or fractured limbs, loss of hair, eyes, nose, teeth, fingers, hands, toes, and wasting away of the body. Operations take place every day between 9am and 8pm." In 1948, the owners of the Doll's Hospital building were victims of the serial killer John Haigh, the so-called Acid Bath Murderer, who was himself hanged the following year. History In the 1800s, a "doll's hospital" opened in the nearby Fulham Road. The hospital eventually came into possession of Herbert ...
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Dawes Road, London
Dawes Road or the A3219 is a street in Fulham, London. It runs roughly west to east from Munster Road to North End Road, Fulham, North End Road. The Doll's Hospital at no 16 was a toy shop and the scene of a triple murder in 1948. References

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