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 ...
This is chapter three in Heather Hindmarch’s Lancashire Polytechnic dissertation on Lisieux Hall. It offers a short overview of the history of Calderstones and Brockhall.
Included are a number of digital photographs and documents, as well as a handful of hard copy items. Covering most of the last century and into this one, these materials relate mainly to Calderstones but also Brockhall as well.
The sharing of these photographs and documents with the project began under the Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation ...
Included is a hard copy (photocopy) of a Lancashire Polytechnic Dissertation: Lisieux Hall and the Provision of Services to People with Learning Difficulties in Lancashire. A chapter in this document touches upon Brockhall and Calderstones. This chapter has been digitised as a pdf.
This is a hard copy (photocopy) of a Lancashire Polytechnic Dissertation: Lisieux Hall and the Provision of Services to People with Learning Difficulties in Lancashire. A chapter in this document touches upon Brockhall and Calderstones.
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 ...
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.
Digital copies of an extensive collection of photographs, documents, objects and newspaper cuttings associated with Calderstones and Brockhall.
‘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 ...
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 ...
Includes an audio recording and detailed summary of an interview with Julian Lockett. He is the son of parents who both worked at Brockhall between 1970 and 1974. His father was Chief Nursing Officer, and his mother was Sister on Karen Ward, which was the ‘punishment’ ward for women. Julian arrived at Brockhall aged 10 years old and ...
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 ...
Oral history interview with Stephen., born in 1960. Went in Calderstones aged 16, then left in 1981.
Sound: 12 minutes Text: Full transcript
This is an oral history interview with Alan Senior, who was a visiting physiotherapist to Brockhall and Calderstones during the 1980s.
Oral history Interview with John who was born in 1960. He worked as a Nursing Auxillary for a year or so in the early 1980s at Brockhall, mainly on the children’s wards with occasional cover on the male wards.
Sound – 65 minutes. Text – Full transcript
Includes oral history interview with John who was born in 1960. He worked as a Nursing Auxillary for a year or so in the early 1980s at Brockhall, mainly on the children’s wards with occasional cover on the male wards.
Digital copies of newspaper reports on Brockhall – mainly Lancashire Evening Telegraph, but also other local papers, as well as Nursing Times and Daily Mail.
In this oral history interview Duncan gives a potted history of Calderstones, with some additional information on Langho Colony and Brockhall. He then talks about his personal background, including studying at Kent University. His interview is mainly about his experience of training and working as a nurse at Calderstones.
Sound. 105 minute Text. Full transcript
