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@Colin - Paul Dever!

Hello everyone, I was a resident there in the late 60s and I was just trying to reconnect with the friends I made there and some of the staff members that I had a good relationship with, I was on ward D, thanks

I just walked to the Sunny Side Cemetary behind my house. Some cool abandoned buildings back there and one that looks like an old incinerator.

W O W

My dad was Jake Hewitt. He was a tool and diemaker for a lot of years. He worked at active since I was a little kid. He worked in tryout.

I was an apprentice for six weeks in the summer of 74. Walter Ludlow was our leader on the bench. I was assigned to work under Gus Hermann and another very nice gentleman (Fred?).

I was laid off, and wasn't called back until years later. By then, I had gone in another direction, and wasn't interested in pursuing the trade. Great memories of active though.

Thanks Leah, Happy 2020, may You be well, + it is amazing, Your words so lovely - am glad You are here to enjoy the pictures.......
and am in Sweden......imagine?......always enjoying the pictures of this place......keep coming back.....

YES - and was wrong, about GooglEarth, as DID find the possibility to "look around" - which is uncanny, as this place IS GONE.
Will always think of it as "Verden"
May You always be well, Mr. M, is a daily wish.

Yeah - the criss&cross mesh on the window.....amazing also. Verden - this place is special. To create something like that.....
Now gone. So hoped it would be kept&saved.

Somewhere along the way Lynne is lost. Knowledgeable, clever & nice: Miss.
"Verden" - a special place = now gone.
For a while DID think it would be `saved´

Verden! Fell in love truly. Then the real name came. Now gone. All is so soft. Come here to relax, still......Beautifully built - it is obvious......

GoogleEarth gets 10 p. + Goldstars at "absolute silly stupid uselessness" as can no longer go around and look at this place - now demolished, i know.

I haven't been able to find that many, wanderer. Or maybe I just haven't found the ones I'm looking for? Anyways, you're right, there's nothing like going down and seeing her in person. I can't wait for summer to come, and COVID to clear up, so I can go spend some more time there. In the meantime, I've taken what pics I've found, and ran them through a colorization AI. The results were varied, but some of them were pretty good. I present, Bennett in Color.

Bennett in Color

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Sad news...Speedy Garfin passed away February 19, 2021.
I sang with his band at Kutchers 2000 to 2004. He was a pleasure to have known...He will be missed.

I worked at Rpc 37 years. 15 years as therapy aid 2 years as Lpn and 20 years as Rn. Your article was very interesting but my views and memories would have been some what different.I retire in1996 but I still have good ,sad happy and unhappy thought and events that I remember.

i would like to learn more about what these were used for back in the day