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  • 'Danger Patients Crossing' - Royal Albert Sign

    'Danger Patients Crossing' - Royal Albert Sign

  • 'I hereby order the alleged defective… to be sent to Brockhall Institution'.

    'I hereby order the alleged defective… to be sent to Brockhall Institution'.
    Wilhelmina D Family Story: Part One As said in the introduction, Wilhelmina D, born on January 20th 1912 was sent from ...

  • 'In memory of William John Brannan'

    'In memory of William John Brannan'
    In the main entrance hall at the Royal Albert, Lancaster was a brass memorial which honoured William John Brannan, a resident ...

  • "…a way of earning money till I found out what I wanted to do."

    "…a way of earning money till I found out what I wanted to do."
    During the late 1980s and early 1990s Steve Mee was a nurse and then Resettlement Officer at the Royal Albert. ...

  • "I shall be coming for our child on Sat next"

    "I shall be coming for our child on Sat next"
    Wilhelmina D Family Story: Part Four The documents here chart Wilhelimina leaving Calderstones and returning to her family home in Charlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. May ...

  • “I as her mother want her home”

    “I as her mother want her home”
    Wilhelmina D Family Story: Part Three Following the story of Wilhelmina D, between February and April 1922 there were letters from the family ...

  • “I wish you would forward me a pass to come and see her”

    “I wish you would forward me a pass to come and see her”
    Wilhelimina D Family Story: Part Two Wilhelmina D was admitted to Brockhall in March 1921, and in December 1921 she appears to ...

  • “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 ...

  • 1914 Brockhall Plan

    1914 Brockhall Plan
    This 1914 plan, with its suggested changes to the Brockhall site, is a key point in the history of that institution. Brockhall ...

  • 1927 Nursing Exam

    1927 Nursing Exam
    Here is a copy of the November 1927 Final Nursing Examination for Candidates in Mental Deficiency Work. (Courtesy of Duncan Mitchell) As an ...

  • 1937 Historical Synopsis - Royal Albert

    1937 Historical Synopsis - Royal Albert
    This ‘Historical Synopsis’ (or summary) written by Samuel Keir (Secretary 1905 – 1937), was published by the Royal Albert Institution ...

  • 1955 Nursing Final Exam

    1955 Nursing Final Exam
    Please click below to open the 1955 final two exam papers to become a State Registered Nurse (SRN) to work with ...

  • 1960 Nursing Final Exam

    1960 Nursing Final Exam
    From 1957 to 1960 Brenda Kay trained at Brockhall to become a State Registered Nurse. Most of Brenda’s training had been ...

  • A map of United Kingdom long-stay institutions

    A map of United Kingdom long-stay institutions
    **institution-map** During 2016, United Kingdom Disability History Month (UKDHM) and the Open University produced a map of the larger long-stay institutions ...

  • About Brockhall

    About Brockhall
    Brockhall was opened in 1904 as an institution for inebriate women under the Inebriates Act of 1898. This act was ...

  • About Calderstones

    About Calderstones
    Calderstones was built in the early part of the twentieth century, it was originally intended as a mental asylum but ...

  • About the Royal Albert

    About the Royal Albert
    At a time when the dominant legislation (i.e. the 1845 Lunacy Act) muddied distinctions between learning disability and mental illness, ...

  • Brockhall Hospital Cemetery

    Brockhall Hospital Cemetery
    Following the sale of Brockhall Hospital to the developer Gerald Hitman, in 1993 a memorial was erected on the site ...

  • Brockhall Hospital Cemetery Memorial Inscription

    Brockhall Hospital Cemetery Memorial Inscription
    The words inscribed on the plaque on top of the memorial read: ‘In an isolated institution located to the north east ...

  • Changing Labels

    Changing Labels
    Throughout most of their recent history, people with learning disabilities have been labelled and classified. This process was key to individuals ...

  • Foundation Ceremony - Royal Albert Asylum

    Foundation Ceremony - Royal Albert Asylum
    Here is a PDF copy of the programme of the foundation stone ceremony of the Royal Albert Asylum on June ...

  • Interview with Julian Lockett

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    Interview with Julian Lockett
    In his interview Julian presents the viewpoint of a boy living at Brockhall, with parents who were both members of staff. Arriving aged 10 in 1970, he left four years later in 1974. His recalled the staff, student nurses, the grounds as well as playing and going to school with other staff children living there ...

  • Royal Albert - Lunacy Commission Reports 1871-6

    Royal Albert - Lunacy Commission Reports 1871-6
    The Lunacy Commision, set up by the Lunacy Act 1845, inspected the running of the Royal Albert, and similar institutions, ...

  • The Royal Albert - a progressive Victorian asylum?

    The Royal Albert - a progressive Victorian asylum?
    In 2017, as a history student at the University of Chester, Liam Barnard completed his undergraduate dissertation on the nineteenth ...
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