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| | Tuesday, 20 August, 2002, 10:07 GMT 11:07 UK Peter Pan boost for children's hospital The 150th anniversary of the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital is being commemorated with a set of Peter Pan stamps. They continue the 73-year relationship between the London hospital and JM Barrie's classic tale. The author was a governor at the hospital and left it the rights to the tale as a bequest in 1929. Great Ormond Street opened with just 10 beds on Valentine's Day 1852 and now cares for more than 100,000 sick children every year.  The stamps are likely to be snapped up  The hospital has a Barrie wing and a Peter Pan mural  There is a memorial to Barrie in the hospital chapel  Great Ormond Street pursues pioneering research | |   See also: 14 Feb 02 | Health 14 Feb 02 | Health 01 Nov 00 | Scotland Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top England stories now: Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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