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  • '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.

  • "Even if you wanted to see your friend, you couldn’t."

    "Even if you wanted to see your friend, you couldn’t."
    Frank Cochrane and Harry Oldham, former residents, remember the food and seating arrangements in De Vitre Hall at the Royal ...

  • "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 got the blame for it."

    "I got the blame for it."
    Harry Oldham lived in the Royal Albert for many years, arriving there before the Second World War. Although the Albert was ...

  • "I think that wrong to do that."

    "I think that wrong to do that."
    The wards on Calderstones had side rooms. While people remember them being used as individual bedrooms, there are many memories ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "No pleasure, no sweets, no spending money."

    "No pleasure, no sweets, no spending money."
    Norman arrived at the Royal Albert in the early 1940s aged 4 years old. He went on the boys’ ward ...

  • "They put me in this padded cell"

    "They put me in this padded cell"
    In the 1970s SMG as young man was a resident in Brockhall Hospital and had a girlfriend. Having a boyfriend or ...

  • "We give 'em plums alright!"

    "We give 'em plums alright!"
    The Royal Albert, as with similar institutions, had its own farm, gardens and an orchard. Although supplies were bought as ...

  • "We had to see this doctor"

    "We had to see this doctor"
    “We had to see this doctor” Frank (not real name) was born in 1958 and went into Brockhall aged 4 in ...

  • "We used to get blackclock soup!"

    "We used to get blackclock soup!"
    Memories of life at the Royal Albert in the first half of the last century touch upon meal times in ...

  • “I had my letter under my pillow.”

    “I had my letter under my pillow.”
    Patrick Burke, born in 1951, was in Calderstones as a boy and teenager in the early 1960s. After his life in ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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