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  • 'A Model District Service'

    'A Model District Service'
    Although in the early 1980s the complete closure of Calderstones, Brockhall and the Royal Albert may not have been official ...

  • "I’ll never forget things like bath nights."

    "I’ll never forget things like bath nights."
    John, born in 1960, was a Nursing Auxillary at Brockhall Hospital for about a year from 1982 to 1983. He ...

  • "In the same water."

    "In the same water."
    Two former Royal Albert Hospital residents, Frank Cochrane and Harry Oldham recalled their experiences of taking a bath as young men ...

  • "You'd hear them jingle"

    "You'd hear them jingle"
    John, born in 1960, was a Nursing Auxillary at Brockhall Hospital for about a year from 1982 to 1983. His main ...

  • “’Swallow! Swallow!’”

    “’Swallow! Swallow!’”
    John, born in 1960, was a Nursing Auxillary at Brockhall Hospital for about a year from 1982 to 1983. Here he ...

  • “It was always, Thank God. That day's over.”

    “It was always, Thank God. That day's over.”
    “It was always, Thank God. That day’s over.” John, born in 1960, was a Nursing Auxillary at Brockhall Hospital for about ...

  • “You'd do your bundles before you left.”

    “You'd do your bundles before you left.”
    John recalls the bedtime practice of ‘bundles’ of clothing. This way of doing things was common at one time to ...

  • Alan Senior

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    Alan Senior
    Includes an oral history interview with Alan Senior, who was a visiting physiotherapist to Brockhall and Calderstones during the 1980s.

  • Calderstones Cemetery

    Calderstones Cemetery
    Around 1200 individuals who lived in Calderstones were buried in the cemetery. When the long-stay institution was largely demolished around 2000, ...
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