In the 1850s when the steel industry was forming, if there were serious accidents at work, men were taken by horse and cart to the ferry at New Holland and then on to Hull.

[1] In 1935 it increased to 130 beds, with wards named after Appleby Frodingham, Lysaght's, Redbourn, Firth Brown and Winn – the local steel companies, who were funding half the hospital's costs.

Further expansion, including the outpatients, was planned in mid-1939, and completed in 1942, being opened on 15 July 1942 by Ernest Brown, the Minister of Health, and cost £110,000.

[2] In June 1974 the hospital had its worst incident (Britain's biggest peacetime explosion) to deal with when the Nypro caprolactam plant at Flixborough exploded.

Once the final whistle had sounded, he cycled up to the then War Memorial Hospital and played the tape back on the wards.

It was such a success that he continued to do it until eventually live broadcasts began from a dedicated commentary box – direct to the hospital.

This was officially opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 31 July 2002 during a visit to Scunthorpe for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations.