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  •  ‘As elsewhere, influenza was troublesome…’

     ‘As elsewhere, influenza was troublesome…’
    As the world struggles with the impact of coronavirus in 2020, challenges posed by a pandemic are sadly nothing new ...

  • '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 ...

  • 'Danger Patients Crossing' - Royal Albert Sign

    'Danger Patients Crossing' - Royal Albert Sign

  • '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 ...

  • 'Lewis' Smith Brockhall Story

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    '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 best bed-maker in the Royal Albert’."

    "'… the best bed-maker in the Royal Albert’."
    For many years residents (and nurses) in large long-stay institutions carried out domestic duties – whether on the wards or ...

  • "Big, big fellas…" Moving from a boy's ward.

    "Big, big fellas…" Moving from a boy's ward.
    Norman arrived at the Royal Albert, aged 4 years old, in 1941. He went straight to the relatively newly built ...

  • "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 ...

  • "Go back and knock!"

    "Go back and knock!"
    Frank Cochrane and James Leach remember Mrs. Wareing, the Matron at the Royal Albert Hospital from 1962 to 1972. Frank ...

  • "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 should never have been here."

    "I should never have been here."
    In an interview on March 21st 2007, Mrs. Creed recalled a story told to her by one of women she ...

  • "I was in a cot when I come."

    "I was in a cot when I come."
    Bill Lamb (also known as ‘Busty’) was born on December 17th 1911 and came to the Royal Albert from Durham ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "They used to throw food at one another"

    "They used to throw food at one another"
    Former residents (Frank Cochrane, Harry Oldham, Peggy Palmer) remember the meals in De Vitre Hall at the Royal Albert in ...

  • "They were short here in Royal Albert" Staffing during the Second World War

    "They were short here in Royal Albert" Staffing during the Second World War

  • "We didn’t get paid 'til Dr. Thomas come."

    "We didn’t get paid 'til Dr. Thomas come."
    Dr. Thomas was the Medical Superintendent when the Royal Albert became part of the National Health Service in 1948.  Jack ...

  • "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 some good fun there…"

    "We had some good fun there…"
    Norman left the Royal Albert in around 1980. He had arrived as a four year old about 40 years earlier. ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • “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 ...

  • “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 ...
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