Valley Presbyterian Hospital - Bluebell Railway Playroom
"The room's initial purpose," says Judie Stein, the Director of the Stein Family Foundation that funded the project, "is to give attention to children while their adults' attention is elsewhere. We've given them a sanctuary of sorts to prepare for whatever is happening at Valley Presbyterian - whether it be a loved one's illness or a new baby in their home."
The design for this facility was by Anna-Marie Buss of Bussroot Limited, graphic designers based in Paddock Wood, using pictures from this website.
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The Bluebell Railway Playroom at the Valley Presbyterian Hospital. The picture prepared for the Train Wall at the hospital, edited to provide the required shape. 16.07.2008
The original photograph of 80151 steaming south through Lindfield Wood on 01.05.2007.
An early mock up of how the Train Wall was expected to look.
A photograph taken at the hospital showing part of the finished wall.
The actual area at the hospital designed to look like a railway waiting room.
An early mock up of the walls. At the time it was intended to use two sides of the signal box but the alcove subsequently became the Waiting Room.
The actual view north up Freshfield Bank on the Bluebell Railway featured in the previous picture. 1407.2007
The original picture hanging on the wall of the Waiting Room. 65 climbing Freshfield Bank on 04.03.2006.
The wonderful Woods Wall in a Bluebell wood which contains lots of hidden creatures for children to find, all added by the design team. A high resolution copy of this picture is required to properly appreciate the effort that has gone into it.
An enlarged version of part of the picture above. The wall includes many hidden animals for children to find whilst they are waiting. This is intended to distract them from their visit to the hospital. 16.07.2008
A mock up of one of the areas by a door including life size pictures of an actual clock, luggage and signs from Horsted Keynes Station on the Bluebell Railway.
A mock up of the Slumber Car at Valley Station where children can rest. The scene comes from pictures taken around Horsted Keynes Station on the Bluebell Railway
Another part of the Slumber Car.
Anna-Marie of Bussroot with actor Goran Visnjic from the series ER at the opening ceremony. 16.07.2008