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I went here when i was a child. What a throwback! I remember it like it was yesterday.
sorry to hear it no longer operates.

I have been to Hellingly, and this door was actually 4ft off the floor, for what purpose? Who knows. If anyone knows, then I would be interested to find out why. anyway Hellinly is amazing, the morgue and the main hall are cool, and if you go round to the back of the stage theres a pathology lab!

Yeah, the Ticonderoga has such a tell tale shape. That's on phalanx on the front, right?

Looking at this pic I keep thinking Im looking into a mirror, it's kinda odd, I figure its the particular framing on the window. Weird.

This is a very cool pic, I really like the perspective.

Sad little depressed needle.

It's the rope around the handle-type-thing that has my mind boggling... I mean, it goes off around the corner.... you can't help but wonder... what's the other end tied to??

I can almost see the 'Hammer Films' logo over it.

The buildings have a mystique and a power one doesn't get in modern architecture. The beauty comes from the uniqueness that they have.
They are stern, and a bit scary looking perhaps, but this is usually due to age. When they were built, many were originally showcases.

Lynne,
You are a fine human being .May we all have such compassion, understanding and mercy for such less fortunate peoples. (as well as all people) You are a true rarity amongst us all!

They did this kind of 'improvement' to my hospital in 1997. The ceiling, if they did it that way, whenever they did it is probably suspended by thin wires that are attached to hooks screwed into the original woodwork.
We petitioned, and got the hospital president to cease the renovation, and restore it to it's former glory, a simple fix. Just tear down the drop ceiling and fill in the holes, then repaint or relaquer. Still a bloody shame, however.

Have you considered studies on other defunct state hospitals, (there are many) perhaps a book?

This truly is an awesome site devoted to preserving a crucial piece of forgotten history. Well done and kudos! I would love to see more of these types of portraits.

A roundabout is some poor sociopathic traffic engineer's revenge on society for all life's ill that have befallen them.. I have been stuck on one of those in London for 20 minutes.. See "National Lampoon's European Vacation"
Anyhoo, I can envision some poor patient getting stuck walking around in circles for hours in one of these...

Well, As a home, I think it would take JK Rowling's bank account to keep it heated, however, with it's long halls, it would be a hell of a place to ride a bicycle inside of, not to mention the other things one couldn't live without, such as a bowling alley, or an inside skeet shooting gallery! :)

Gah! The colours, the colours!