51 Comments Posted by Kevin

man, i live in preston, and i am personally against Utopia. i heard about people going in and taking pictures, so i found yer site here, and i am amazed. cant wait to get in and take my own, who knows what will happen to it when.
thanks,
-kevin-

Man!

Look at the paint! It's almost new. Who played here? The kids who live across the street by Old Dock Road maybe?

Sheech!

The wards contained apartments for the Orderly. There was one doctor's aparment on each floor. They had fireplaces, but not for heat. All the buildings were heated by steam that was generated in the power station and run underground through 7 miles of tunnels .

Yes, the orderlys and doctors lived with the patients.

Building 93 was a geriatric ward. So yeah, lots of people died there... of OLD AGE!

The patients were old folks with senile dementia. If you look at the building you'll notice the day wards that jut out from each side of the building. These were areas where the patients would be brought, or wheeled, to spend the day playing games or looking at the beautiful view. A lot better than freezing on the streets (as they do now if they're homeless).

This place was not a horrible place. Sure there are always the ocasional bad apple. And when discovered they were arrested. But the most horrible thing that happens to these patients is the mental illness itself.

I took the tour of KPPC this past Sunday. The guide told us a story. When the place had just been closed for a few years he was inside 93 (he's a historian). He heard knocking on the front door. There was a small group of people standing at the front of 93. He asked them what they wanted and they said "We're back!" . They were patients who had been released a few years ago, and they had decided to return to the hospital. They were sad to find it was closed.

I just toolk the tour this past Sunday.

It was great!