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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 ...

  • '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 ...

  • "…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 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 ...

  • “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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Brenda Kay

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    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

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    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

  • Interview with John

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    Interview with John
    Oral history Interview with John who was born in 1960. He worked as a Nursing Auxillary for a year or so in the early 1980s at Brockhall, mainly on the children’s wards with occasional cover on the male wards. Sound – 65 minutes. Text – Full transcript

  • 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 ...
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