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  • 'The bath water had to be 98 degrees."

    'The bath water had to be 98 degrees."
    Maggie Potts and Rebecca Fido (in their book ‘A fit person to be removed’) talk about the ‘three R’s’ of ...

  • "'… 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 ...

  • "The staff never go to sleep…"

    "The staff never go to sleep…"
    Alan Gunn was born in January 1940. Alan went to live in Calderstones in September 1955 when he was 15 ...

  • "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 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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • “’Swallow! Swallow!’”

    “’Swallow! Swallow!’”
    John, born in 1960, was a Nursing Auxillary at Brockhall Hospital for about a year from 1982 to 1983. Here he ...

  • “Get up at half past six at morning – buckets out! Scrubbers out!”

    “Get up at half past six at morning – buckets out! Scrubbers out!”
    During the first half of the 20th century, and very likely into the 1950s and 60s, many residents at the ...

  • “You'd do your bundles before you left.”

    “You'd do your bundles before you left.”
    John recalls the bedtime practice of ‘bundles’ of clothing. This way of doing things was common at one time to ...
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