Hellingly Lunatic Asylum

spaceman

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4 Jul 2009 - 4:49 PM

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Quote: nearby villas within the complex remain dedicated to the care for the criminally insane

Ah, cricket lovers.

Strobe

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4 Jul 2009 - 7:44 PM

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Have you tried to look for info on link

answersonapostcard (Site Moderator)

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4 Jul 2009 - 8:15 PM

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sorry to but in but you mentioned google earth, has anyone tried wikimapia... looks alot better on the surface than google??

SuziBlue

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4 Jul 2009 - 9:54 PM

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Thanks for the link Geoff - what an interesting and chilling set of photographs. Glad to have seen those I think she's interpreted that kind of place extremely well as well as echoing the fears and prejudices Victorian and later society had and has towards mental illness.

SandiR

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5 Jul 2009 - 11:48 AM

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As has been said - such an interesting but chilling set of photos.
They are made even more so when you spot the figure sat against the wall in just one of then.
Thank you for posting the link.
Sandi

mounse

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5 Jul 2009 - 3:09 PM

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I used to live in a farmhouse, which my mum was convinced was haunted, at the bottom of the road from the hospital. However I was only 3 at the time so can't really remember anything about the place. Strange thing is we then moved to a village called Powick near Worcester which also had a large Victorian mental hospital. Have since moved many times nowhere near any mental institutions.
Paul

JamesBurns

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6 Jul 2009 - 9:36 AM

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You got PM Geoff...