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did they have anything showing what the draw bridge might have looked like maybe like a drawing or samet hing someone made to like some thing from that time?

all this could be restored and made into a wonderful university campus i think. to let all those wonderful structures deteriorate is a shame. the grounds should be revived in its authenticity instead of putting modern architecture into the countryside. it definitely should be deemed a historic site.

well what it boils down to is vandalism and destruction for no reason but ignorance.

indeed it makes you think of the confinement and being shut off from the real world. if the chair could talk! very nostalgic shot.

this is so incredible huge a complex. how were patients with diverse severe disabilities separated? had some patients liberties or were they all pretty much closely supervised at all times? were some allowed to walk the grounds? after all this is an amzing place. and were males and females strictly separated at all times? how was this building separating the two buildings you mentioned as far as security? locked doors? this is such a majestic structure! the entire place should be used as some sort of museum or something alike. it has such historic value.

"Ffordd Allan" = Way Out

Although they never actually taught Welsh in my old school, I've managed to pick up a few phrases here and there, mostly from bilingual signs... this is one of the very few things I can say in Welsh!

Glad you managed to pay a visit to my country, Motts! Thanks for doing it justice, and for posting your beautiful pictures here for all to see. :)

I've used one of these light boards before--they're incredible. 34,000 watts per dimmer

i have that exact same mirror with the matching vanity table...weird

There was no barbed wire anywhere....

Actually the old morgue was a small building kind of behind the fire house...It was across the way from B 93.....it is gone....I saw my first autopsy in that old morgue (I was a student nurse)

No children at KPPC for many a year before its closure......no pediatric ward

Really breathtaking! Just that small bit of yellow color from the flowers make the rest of everything stand out even more. What a beautiful place to just roam and take in the beauty of everthing around! : )

I remember these rooms when they had bed spreads, curtains, pictures on the walls ,( which were painted ), and wardrobes (dressers). Many patients had stuffed animals and throw pillows on their beds too....Not exactly like home, but the staff did try.....

Motts, your eye & talent never ceases to astonish. As always, thanks for sharing.

Now, what this image instantly reminded me of was the imagry captured by Freddie Francis in all those wonderful old Hammer films.

haha, i used to ignore those signs till one time at severalls... but once more, congrats on an awesome gallery...im gonna have to see this place sometime.