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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 ...

  • 'And people said they would never do it!'

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    'And people said they would never do it!'
    ‘And people thought they would never do it!’ is a report based upon staff stories about resettlement from long-stay institutions in North West England. The study was commissioned by the North West Training and Development Team and North West Regional Valuing People Support Team. Melanie Chapman and Duncan Mitchell were the researchers who carried out the ...

  • '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 ...

  • 'Danger Patients Crossing' - Royal Albert Sign

    'Danger Patients Crossing' - Royal Albert Sign

  • '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 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 ...

  • "…a way of earning money till I found out what I wanted to do."

    "…a way of earning money till I found out what I wanted to do."
    During the late 1980s and early 1990s Steve Mee was a nurse and then Resettlement Officer at the Royal Albert. ...

  • "'… 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 ...

  • "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. ...

  • "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 ...

  • "He wouldn't go in the bathroom"

    "He wouldn't go in the bathroom"
    This is an extract from a reminiscence session at the College of Adult Education, Lancaster on October 16th 1987. Two former ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "Out of bathing"

    "Out of bathing"
    Mrs Creed was one of the longest serving nurses at the Royal Albert Hospital. Her career spanned the 1940s to ...

  • "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 ...
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