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any alcoholics on this ward? ....must walk the straight yellow line.

Is this a test? hahaha! soccer ball...you win Ontario!

One was for females and one was for males. Not sure which.

Holy Moly! Never seen the internals either. How very interesting and complicated.

Brunswick was the Best back then!

Reminds me of the small returns i was used to when i bowled with my Dad as a kid. NICE shot!

This is totally amazing! Motts, could you please tell us more about the black hole you slipped down into to find this bowling alley? A private stairwell? A covered over basement? Really Curious!

I wonder if any student year books have ever surfaced ? 50's, 60's, 70s, would be especially interesting. I keep checking ebay but no luck so far. I realize many of the students were very affluent. VHS/Betamax was still very expensive in the late 1970's, maybe some courses like Speech or debate were videotaped for some glimpses of what it looked like then?

Love the richness of this photo. The colored balls, and the VERY used pencil

PICTURES LOOK GOOD AS EVER

Wow ! You could have "bowled" me over with these pix Mr. Motts

I worked there in 1974 and will never forget the experiences for as long as I live. Seeing the photos brought back the same feelings I had back then, sadness for the residents-the atmosphere so bleak. We created laughter whenever possible though, it was absolutely necessary for every ones sake.

Ohh dear wanderer - indeed hope the brave fine Mr. M. sees+reads this awesomelong thread.

YES - there are plenty of pictures taken of Bennett School for Girls,
in snow shroud, at Millbrooke, NY; on Jan. 24th 2015 -
thus absolutely recently - so just look for them, wanderer, crafty detective style as usual, hahaha.........and
- best wish for another extreme revelation of the Magic of Nature taking over.... Man-made constructions vs ..Nature = FTW!

I worked there for a time.....it was an overcrowded hellhole where a lot of families dropped off their mentally disabled family members to get rid of them. When I worked there in the nineteen sixties, very few patients were being treated for their illnesses. It was a prison for the mentally ill and disabled. As a professional. I left there in complete disgust as did many others. If it looks "spooky" think of it as a horror movie without the filmmakers.

i hope Motts reads this