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  • 'Bees made the honey'

    'Bees made the honey'
    Harrry Oldham was in the Royal Albert Hospital from the 1920s to the 1980s.  In a reminiscence session in Lancaster in ...

  • 'Come to Brockhall'

    'Come to Brockhall'
    Betsy Bell was born in 1926. She went to Brockhall hospital in 1959, and except for a few months away ...

  • 'God made the Bees'

    'God made the Bees'
    Betsy Bell was born in 1926. She went to Brockhall hospital in 1959, and except for a few months away ...

  • 'The Cocoa Song'

    'The Cocoa Song'
    In Lancaster and Morecambe, in the late 1980s, men and women met and shared their experiences of years and years ...

  • "All the girls sat at that side and all the lads at that…"

    "All the girls sat at that side and all the lads at that…"
    Aged 15 years old, Mrs Brenda Kay started as a Cadet Nurse at Brockhall Hospital in 1954. Here she remembers ...

  • "Come to Barlow"

    "Come to Barlow"
    Opened in the early 1930s, Barlow Home was the first taste of the Royal Albert Hospital for many little boys. ...

  • "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 have a right to vote"

    "I have a right to vote"
    In September 1981, MIND, the mental health charity, Calderstones and three men who were resident in the institution won a ...

  • "I shall be coming for our child on Sat next"

    "I shall be coming for our child on Sat next"
    Wilhelmina D Family Story: Part Four The documents here chart Wilhelimina leaving Calderstones and returning to her family home in Charlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. May ...

  • "I walk out the laundry…"

    "I walk out the laundry…"
    John Thompson was born in April 1942. John went to live in Calderstones in November 1966 when he was 24 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "You can sing it about any hospitals…"

    "You can sing it about any hospitals…"
    Peggy Palmer was in the Royal Albert Hospital, Lancaster for many years before leaving in the 1980s. She attended a reminiscence ...

  • "You’re not here to give us advice Cadet"

    "You’re not here to give us advice Cadet"
    Christine Whalley was a Cadet Nurse at Brockhall from about October or so in 1972 to December 1973. She was ...

  • “I as her mother want her home”

    “I as her mother want her home”
    Wilhelmina D Family Story: Part Three Following the story of Wilhelmina D, between February and April 1922 there were letters from the family ...

  • “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 ...

  • “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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Calderstones Cemetery Campaign - Overview

    Calderstones Cemetery Campaign - Overview
    Calderstones Cemetery was sold off by the health authority in 2000, since when for many years there were only a ...
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