The following was provided by Trevor Todd, who worked on the redevelopment of Fairfield Hospital into an residential estate.
"I acted as the site surveyor, albeit 20+ years ago, for P J Livesey when the building was converted into flats and found it one of the most interesting projects that I ever worked on. I'm retired now.
"I've always been interested in architectural history and whenever I started a new contract I was always immediately on the hunt for any attractive items. Alas, Fairfield Hospital had been left derelict for several years and intruders and thieves had ransacked the place long before my arrival! However, as work progressed I was able to salvage a few items that ended up in one of the hundreds of rubbish skips we filled.
"It was such a large building site that we never knew what to expect as we started to explore the outbuildings, some of which hadn't been opened in many years. In one we found three electric 'milk-float' type vehicles which had been used by the hospital for transporting material around the site. Strangely, there was no interest from any potential purchaser.
"I left Livesey's before any work commenced on the church [St Luke's Chapel], but still installed was its fully functioning organ. The only interest I could drum up for its sale was a company that offered a token sum for 'spares'. I don't know what the eventual outcome was.
Some of the the items that Trevor salvaged from the site are included in the 'artefacts' section of this website.