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C'est tres joli! : )

So enchanting!

Anyway, hope everybody out there is having a great summer! And remember, drive safely! : )

Gee, I wonder if this driver had the old Sammy Hagar song in his head as he drove this car into oblivion: the song, "I can't drive 55"!
; ) Check out the video on Youtube if you haven't seen it-it's really hilarious! They don't make music videos like that any more where they used to tell a story...most of the videos now aren't that great. Anyway, I believe that the '80's were the best-a true Renaissance of pop culture! : )

@Jon-I fully agree-it is a shame that these old estates are left to rot...I like your description of the ornate room-I too picture a beautiful chandelier. They don't build such hand-crafted structures anymore, so these ones need to be preserved.

Do you think that there were lowered ceilings at one point? Would that be why the paint only goes so far up the walls?

there is nothing sinister about this particular treatment.... as opposed to many of the others that have been suggested in this thread! they have redone the whole place and its all up for rent - partly rented out already!

clearly, its so that the person can breath when their body and that entire room is filled with steam....

It could be these are not patient related but just day-to-day office records, purchase orders, paid bills, work/repair orders, payroll and employee records, reviews, things of that nature. Keep in mind that all the years before computers were practical (the mid 70's when mainframes were norm) everything was typed and a hard copy. IF they are indeed patient files than I think there should be some movement to archive them in a safe environment where they won't be destroyed by mold, water and vandals. Personally I would love to dedicate my life to doing such work and search the country for abondoned hospitals and the record rooms that may have been left behind. In the future it will be boxes and boxes of floppy disks, tape and CDs that are left behind.

I can imagine silk inlaid walls, with an enormous crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling. An enormous marble fireplace with intricate carvings and a huge gilded mirror adorned on top of the wall.

Comfy couches, imperial style, with oil lamps and beautiful long silk curtains adorning the massive windows!

Such a shame, there are hundreds, if thousands of estates like these in Europe and are just sitting there, hidden from history and the world and decays to nothing.

I would give anything to be a part of a restoration team and restore this mega castle back to its lovely state.

omg ive been in there i live 5 mins away from there its so creepy never goin in there again and that was the first place i got areasted cose your not aloud in there if you get a chance to go in there do it but dont go in stoned cose its reli not funny is you want eny more info about this place add me on fface book :jameswarren or msn:jame.sw@hotmail.co.uk

what's there now? 2010

As I said before in the previous photo, this looks like an early-model Reeves Stretcher. Could be used to carry patients without using gurneys, with enough straps you can pretty much tie people down tight. Very popular on today's ambulances, though obviously much more modern.

Agree with EMT557. Definitely looks like an early-model Reeves Stretcher. Small wooden beams reinforced with nylon outer coating. Very durable and tough to crack. Most likely used to carry patients up and down staircases, transporting from room to room when stretchers weren't available. I've even seen them used to carry deceased persons. Unfortunately, in Manhattan, they're not in protocol. Though they should be, considering some of the walk-ups we have. Great find, Motts.

I remember seeing those bars on all the windows outside when I was a kid...all these pictures of WSH really do capture the sad and sombre tone of this place. It makes one wonder what the patient was thinking and feeling as he/she was looking out beyond the bars.