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That guy in the last picture and the baby definitely look happy.

I was thinking the same thing Mike was thinking. I truly hope that they took everything out of here that they could. The workmanship is absolutely amazing and it would have been a shame for it to be destroyed.

Damn. nothing about StraighJacket therapy?

So Lynne where is this abandoned hospital? =D

I just finished watching the first season of Dexter, this reminds me of it.

Ah! There's a picture of my father's grandmother standing right there. She went to this place in the thirties. Odd. :o

its been used before

oh st t thats a bit creepy init

"Mentally subnormal" was where we were somewheres after we dropped the terms "idiot," "imbecile," and "moron" while we were past "feeble-minded" but not quite up to "mentally deficient," which of course was years before we used the term "mental retardation."
Like "retardation" it was initially not considered anything but descriptive - if you believe that intelligence lies on a bell curve then 1/2 the people in the population are above the middle score and half the people are below the middle score. If you are several "standard deviations" below the norm, statistically speaking, you would be "below normal" or "subnormal." However, it soon took on connotations like "subhuman," even though it was just meant as a descriptor.

In today's vernacular the person HAS (as opposed to IS) an "intellectual disability" and/or s/he needs "increased supports to make it in his/her environment."

No one is ever happy with things how they are. But that is usually a good thing. :-)

Idiot = originally "layman, person lacking professional skill", "person so mentally deficient as to be incapable of ordinary reasoning."

Imbecile = through the French from Latin imbecillus or imbecillis, weak, feeble; of unknown origin, weak or feeble, particularly in mind.

Moron = Coined by Henry H. Goddard who took the word from the ancient Greek moros, meaning dull or foolish.

Today's history lesson free, and worth every penny!

f in nice

Maybe the term you mean is heat resonance-
Chris in England

You are so lucky to get inside and take these photos. I worked in the new secure unit for two years and used to walk past these derelict beautiful looking buildings every day, always wanted to go inside and take some photos.

Now I often meet inpatients and the smaller units dotted around and some were patients in Whittingham for years, they speak fondly of the dances, plays and other events that would take place in the theatre/ball room.

These are lovely photos.

whats a wheelchair doing there anyways?

It so clean you can eat off tha floor LOL is that window broke in the background ?

Mentally subnormal - gotta give that one a bit of a think myself. I know a crapload of people who fit that category.