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i like this picture, but it just looks like some 1 has placed the sign there. it dont soot its surroundings.
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i really like this picture. i like thinking about what is around the corner. very cool
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If you look under the what looks like an aeriel socket to the left of the safe, you can see where the seams of the wall paper meet.
This is simply what happens when you leave plants in an enclosed space with little oxygen, I believe.
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What you dont see are the metal shutters in certain archways which could be wound down to seperate male / female areas in the old days
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That is definately not a seclusion room.
The door is too flimsy, the lock is wrong and the window toooo big
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ECT is still used
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looks like something out of a spooky movie
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When I started work there in '82, there had not been padded rooms for years
This is a classical seclusion room exterior, the inside would look likeone of the earlier 'narrow room' photos
Impulse - spot on
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Sarah is right EP stands for epileptic
Most wards had morethan 18 - more than likely a top floor ward
You're right Lynne seen it plenty, even in high secure
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That's a beautiful shot, Mr. Motts... The lack of symmetry is striking... Alternatively, it reminds me of a certain Giger painting...
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wow,this bed looks so uncomfortable to sleep in night after night.
and i too wonder how many people must have slept in that very bed; the open drawer gives it a very sinister
vibe IMO.

beautifully haunting photograph ^ ^
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I worked there. The window door says seclusion room, but I can't remember a radiator in one
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omg..imagine how old that thing is!,i wonder if that place is haunted..actually,i think that clown thingamajig would scare the ghosts away o_O..

2 words sum this photo up:

HAUNTINGLY DISTURBING...l0lz.
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my sister used to work at this hospital , its so close to where i live , tomo i will go and drive and have a look if i can, its fasinating