Later history Edit
The club was not disbanded at the end of the war, but continued to meet for over sixty years, offering a sense of community and practical support to former patients. Annual meetings at East Grinstead attracted visitors from all over the world. McIndoe had been elected life president at the club's foundation: after his death in 1960, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, became president. Geoffrey Page was the first chairman.
In 2003, there were around two hundred survivors; by 2007 there were 97 (57 in Britain; 40 elsewhere in the world), their ages ranging from 82 to 102.[2] The last annual reunion was held in 2007, and attracted over 60 attendees, but in view of the frailty of many of the survivors the decision was then taken to wind the club down.[2] By April 2015, there were believed to be 29 survivors.[3]
One of the local pubs in East Grinstead adopted the name "The Guinea Pig". The pub closed in 2008 and was demolished in 2009 to make way for a social housing development, which was named Guinea Pig Place.
Sixteen members of the club wrote books about their experiences, some of them during the war.
Later history EditThe club was not disbanded at the end of the war, but continued to meet for over sixty years, offering a sense of community and practical support to former patients. Annual meetings at East Grinstead attracted visitors from all over the world. McIndoe had been elected life president at the club's foundation: after his death in 1960, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, became president. Geoffrey Page was the first chairman.In 2003, there were around two hundred survivors; by 2007 there were 97 (57 in Britain; 40 elsewhere in the world), their ages ranging from 82 to 102.[2] The last annual reunion was held in 2007, and attracted over 60 attendees, but in view of the frailty of many of the survivors the decision was then taken to wind the club down.[2] By April 2015, there were believed to be 29 survivors.[3]One of the local pubs in East Grinstead adopted the name "The Guinea Pig". The pub closed in 2008 and was demolished in 2009 to make way for a social housing development, which was named Guinea Pig Place.Sixteen members of the club wrote books about their experiences, some of them during the war.
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