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  • '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 ...

  • "It was just another world"

    "It was just another world"
    Malcolm Alston, a former Charge Nurse at the Royal Albert Hospital, recalls growing up near to the institution in the ...

  • "That's where they used to do PE"

    "That's where they used to do PE"
    SMG was born in 1958 and went into Brockhall aged 4 in 1962, leaving later in 1960s. He returned to Brockhall ...

  • "Well it can't be so bad to look so beautiful…"

    "Well it can't be so bad to look so beautiful…"
    June Flynn has spent a lifetime supporting people with learning disabilities, both as a nurse at Calderstones, and then playing a ...

  • "When stuff was on rations…"

    "When stuff was on rations…"
    Frank Cochrane, a former Royal Albert resident, recalled how himself and others found enterprising ways to make money during the ...

  • “It didn’t seem like it’d be a terrible job.”

    “It didn’t seem like it’d be a terrible job.”
    In 1973 Tony Dennison started at the Royal Albert as a Cadet Nurse. Based upon an oral history interview with Tony ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Album of Newspaper Cuttings on Brockhall

    LLDI/006/001
    Album of Newspaper Cuttings on Brockhall
    Digital copies of newspaper reports on Brockhall – mainly Lancashire Evening Telegraph, but also other local papers, as well as Nursing Times and Daily Mail.

  • Clitheroe Advertiser

    LLDI/007
    Clitheroe Advertiser
    Random newspaper cuttings, which have been scanned, relating to Calderstones and Brockhall.

  • 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 ...

  • Interview with Stephen Burden

    LLDI/003/001
    Interview with Stephen Burden
    Oral history interview with Stephen., born in 1960. Went in Calderstones aged 16, then left in 1981. Sound: 12 minutes  Text: Full transcript

  • Main Building - Calderstones

    Main Building - Calderstones
    Here are a number of photographs of the Main Building at Calderstones over time. The first image is when it ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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, ...

  • Turps, soap, cocoa and lentils…

    Turps, soap, cocoa and lentils…
    Here is a list of grocery and other items bought by the Royal Albert Institution between October and December 1936. There ...
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