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  • '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 ...

  • '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 ...

  • "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. ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • "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 ...

  • “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 ...

  • 1927 Nursing Exam

    1927 Nursing Exam
    Here is a copy of the November 1927 Final Nursing Examination for Candidates in Mental Deficiency Work. (Courtesy of Duncan Mitchell) As an ...

  • About the Royal Albert

    About the Royal Albert
    At a time when the dominant legislation (i.e. the 1845 Lunacy Act) muddied distinctions between learning disability and mental illness, ...

  • NWTDT Resettlement Study

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    NWTDT Resettlement Study
    This is a study of 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 study. Included in this collection are: a number ...

  • The Royal Albert - a progressive Victorian asylum?

    The Royal Albert - a progressive Victorian asylum?
    In 2017, as a history student at the University of Chester, Liam Barnard completed his undergraduate dissertation on the nineteenth ...
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