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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 ...

  • '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.

  • "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 ...

  • “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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Brockhall Hospital Cemetery

    Brockhall Hospital Cemetery
    Following the sale of Brockhall Hospital to the developer Gerald Hitman, in 1993 a memorial was erected on the site ...

  • 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 Julian Lockett

    LLDI/017/001
    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 ...

  • Review of the closure of Brockhall 1992

    Review of the closure of Brockhall 1992
    Review of the closure of Brockhall The documents here record an August 3rd 1992 seminar called: ‘Review of the Closure of Brockhall’. Later that ...
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