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The Chelsea Pensioners

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'We doe intend to erect an Hospital for the relief of such Land Souldiers as are or shall be old, lame, or infirme in ye service of the Crowne...'
Thus on 7 September 1681 King Charles II issued his Royal Warrant for the founding of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. Three hundred years on, David Ascoli tells the fascinating tale of Wren's magnificent building in the village of Chelsea, with the help of those
Pensioners who haunt its archives and those, hale and hearty, who live in its splendid wards today.

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Presenter:
David Ascoli
Producer:
Helen Fry
Source: Radio Times

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