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  • 'Bees made the honey'

    'Bees made the honey'
    Harrry Oldham was in the Royal Albert Hospital from the 1920s to the 1980s.  In a reminiscence session in Lancaster in ...

  • 'Lewis' Smith Brockhall Story

    LLDI/045/001
    'Lewis' Smith Brockhall Story
    This is an extract from an interview with ‘Lewis Smith’, who states that he was a resident of Brockhall Hospital from 1942 to 1988. It is cited on page 27 by Liam Concannon in his 2005 book called – ‘Planning for life. Involving adults with learning disabilities in service planning”. Published by Routledge.

  • 'The Cocoa Song'

    'The Cocoa Song'
    In Lancaster and Morecambe, in the late 1980s, men and women met and shared their experiences of years and years ...

  • 'There were so many people and so few staff."

    'There were so many people and so few staff."
    David Whalley did his nurse training at Calderstones between 1969 and 1972. Integral to the training at that time was working ...

  • "Get a wet towel"

    "Get a wet towel"
    “Get a wet towel” Frank (not real name) was born in 1958 and went into Brockhall aged 4 in 1962, leaving ...

  • "I walk out the laundry…"

    "I walk out the laundry…"
    John Thompson was born in April 1942. John went to live in Calderstones in November 1966 when he was 24 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "If the lads want to do it they do it"

    "If the lads want to do it they do it"
    John Thompson was born in April 1942. John went to live in Calderstones in November 1966 when he was 24 ...

  • "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 ...

  • “’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 ...

  • “I didn’t take the door off.”

    “I didn’t take the door off.”
    In the early 1970s, when a young woman, June Flynn was a student nurse at Calderstones. As was usual during ...

  • “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 ...

  • “It’s a fine bloody hotel is this.”

    “It’s a fine bloody hotel is this.”
    In this short video extract, filmed in the early 1990s, Frank Cochrane talks about the day of his arrival at ...

  • “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 ...

  • 1967 Cadet Nurse Contract

    1967 Cadet Nurse Contract
    In 1966 David Whalley, aged 15, started as a Junior Ward Orderly a Calderstones. He was following in the footsteps ...

  • Aerial View - Brockhall

    Aerial View - Brockhall
    Here is a black and white aerial view of Brockhall – date unknown.

  • Herbert Leonard Carter

    LLDI/068
    Herbert Leonard Carter
    Includes an interview, and a handful of portrait photos of Herbert Carter, who spend time as a resident at Calderstones. He was born in around 1938 and went to Calderstones, aged ten in 1948. According to Herbert, he was sent to the institution from a magistrates’ court in Manchester. This was after a series of minor ...

  • SMG

    LLDI/012
    SMG
    Includes oral history interviews with SMG, who was a resident at Brockhall. Born in 1958, he went into Brockhall as a 4 year old in 1962, leaving later in the 1960s. After spending time at White Ash School, (Oswaldtwistle) Hargreaves House Children’s Home (Oswaldtwistle), Dame Evelyn Fox School (Blackburn) and finally Eden Grove School (Cumbria) he ...
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