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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 ...

  • 'And people said they would never do it!'

    LLDI/015/013
    'And people said they would never do it!'
    ‘And people thought they would never do it!’ is a report based upon staff stories about resettlement from long-stay institutions in North West England. The study was commissioned by the North West Training and Development Team and North West Regional Valuing People Support Team. Melanie Chapman and Duncan Mitchell were the researchers who carried out the ...

  • '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 ...

  • '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 ...

  • "I have a right to vote"

    "I have a right to vote"
    In September 1981, MIND, the mental health charity, Calderstones and three men who were resident in the institution won a ...

  • "I was running that Refractory Ward on my own."

    "I was running that Refractory Ward on my own."
    Mrs Creed, in an interview recorded on March 21st 2007, remembered being in charge of Coupland Ward at the Royal ...

  • “We used to have a lot of debate about freedom…”

    “We used to have a lot of debate about freedom…”
    Duncan Mitchell was born in 1962, and trained as a nurse at Calderstones between 1983 and 1986. After qualification he ...

  • 1972 Nurse Exam Paper

    1972 Nurse Exam Paper
    Attached is a copy of the 1972 exam paper which David Whalley passed to become a State Registered Nurse. (Courtesy of ...

  • 1988 Contraction Strategy

    1988 Contraction Strategy
    Here is the 1988 Contraction Plan document for Brockhall and Calderstones. In the end Brockhall closed in 1992, and Calderstones (as a long-stay ...

  • Brenda Kay

    LLDI/032
    Brenda Kay
    Mrs Brenda Kay worked at Brockhall from 1954 to its closure in 1992 when she transferred to Calderstones for two years before retiring. Starting as a Cadet Nurse, she qualified as a State Registered Nurse in 1960. In the years afterwards she spent many years nursing, including being Ward Sister, as well as being in charge ...

  • Interview with Duncan Mitchell

    LLDI/001/001
    Interview with Duncan Mitchell
    In this oral history interview Duncan gives a potted history of Calderstones, with some additional information on Langho Colony and Brockhall. He then talks about his personal background, including studying at Kent University. His interview is mainly about his experience of  training and working as a nurse at Calderstones. Sound. 105 minute  Text. Full  transcript

  • NWTDT Resettlement Study

    LLDI/015
    NWTDT Resettlement Study
    This is a study of staff stories about resettlement from long-stay institutions in North West England. The study was commissioned by the North West Training and Development Team and North West Regional Valuing People Support Team. Melanie Chapman and Duncan Mitchell were the researchers who carried out the study. Included in this collection are: a number ...

  • Residents honoured and remembered

    Residents honoured and remembered
    In the main entrance hall at the Royal Albert Hospital, Lancaster was a framed Roll of Honour. This remembers staff and ...

  • The 'Bungalows'

    The 'Bungalows'
    In the early 1980s at the Royal Albert, Otto Wangermann, (Senior Clinical Psychologist), asserts that ‘eight prefabricated bungalows were hastily ...
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