We are living in extraordinary times right now and no doubt we will look back at 2020 and remember what was happening in our town.
The last time the country experienced anything like this was during WW1 when Spanish flu swept across Europe carried by soldiers. The Dick Institute was used as a hospital back then for the soldiers coming back injured or ill, as these two grainy photos show….
This short video clip was taken outside The Dick Institute in 1922.
i was telling my parents about how strange it is for every century there is i flu virus or cold