Whittingham Hospital

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Whittingham Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in the parish of Whittingham, near Preston, Lancashire, England.

The hospital opened in 1873 as the Fourth Lancashire County Asylum and grew to be the largest mental hospital in Britain, and pioneered the use of electroencephalograms (EEGs). During its time it had its own church, farms, railway, telephone exchange, post office, reservoirs, gas works, brewery, orchestra, brass band, ballroom and butchers. It closed in 1995.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittingham_Hospital
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Coordinates:   53°49'2"N   2°39'30"W

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  • i heard the staff their put towels round patients necks
  • well how else do you expect them to dry their necks then lol
  • you need to get alive your sarcasam does not impress me at all you are sick in your head
  • my mates auntie got transfered to there and she quit within a 2 weeks becuz of the way the nurses treated the patients. they use to beat them with sticks, set clothin on fire that they wer wearin and leave them outside no matted what the weather was like and yeah it is true that they put wet towels around their necks they did it to make them unconcious. iv been to it and i thought it was amazin. got abit scred at first though. iv never seen anything like it. cant believe they are knockin it down. its history not just an old buildin.
  • I have been here lots of times and have a good selection of photos from Whittingham on these pages ...... http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustycosworth/sets/72157623192242982/ http://ukasylumseekers.webs.com/c.htm Hope you enjoy the pics
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