1,611 Comments for Whittingham Hospital

and the floor i have to asy(because ive been below it many times) is a propper sprung dancehall floor. the pic might not show how huge the place is either, the two spekers hung either side of the stage are about 8 feet high and the stage is getting on for 40 feet across. there are 3 full size badminton courts layed out on the floor. we used to skive off sometimes and go and watch the films in there, and the xmas dances were always good fun. happy days indeed!!!

one of the other maitainance men, a bricklayer called jimmy fletcher, had a great sense of humour, he used to make garden gnomes from a mould and plaster, paint them and then install them all over the hospital. in the top right hand corner as this pic faces, is a shelf, just below the roof, and standing on the shelf, watching the ballroom are two gnomes, two more are diagonally opposite them. if they could tell tales eh!!!!

and the red doors at the end led down a ramp into the old wards 1 and 2 which were known as the langdale unit, the only truly secure ward there when i worked at whittingham, between 84 and 95.

ive walked down this corridor many times!! the dooorway on the left is the entrance to the kitchen and potwash area, as you can see the rails on the wall to stop the trolleys of food fram damaging the plaster, opposite this doorway is the entrance to the ballroom.

the hospitals former physitherapist was a guy called ken fanner, he was a brilliant physio, and for the record, completely blind since birth. he was also a renouned church organist, and even built organs and refurbished them, despite his blindness. in his house in the grounds, the entire downstairs main room was filled with a huge church organ that he had built from parts. i was told by one of his staff that he was regarded as being one of the top organ players and experts in the whole world. he retired to a house near st ives in cornwall some years before the place shut. a remarkable man, who would weep if he knew of this organs state.

this was the roman catholic chapel, next door to the ballroom (you called it theatre, but in reality it was a ballroom, and also a theatre and even a cinema) this is taken facing where the alter was, the organ would have been behind the photographer.

this is takenin st lukes hospital at whittingham, on ward 's' the ramp leading up to the ballroom down 'ward s corridor' is just visible on the r/h side

We're all about wasting in the US. =] But doesn't that just make for some interesting pictures?

i think the ramp leads to the old mortuary!

My dad chucked a rubber ball for my dog and unfortunately it flew through one of the windows. If you ever go again, could you get it back for us? :)

Looks like the whole glass doorway was removed as well as the screens above the arch. -- many hospitals lost their character in favor of cleanliness -- Great photos

Perfect title Motts.

its near the hdw, to stop beds banging into the post when there are accidents or emergencies

It must be a coincidence that all the red marked areas are very dangerous and that the blue areas lead to exits. did you make the ultraviolet markings too?

please nobody enter and area near the watertower

I agree it is a maze in there. The x marks were done by me to indicate which rooms we had investigated for asbestos, colour changes were because my spray can ran out (theres green and yellow too). The complex IS FULL of asbestos but most areas should be safe for explorers, just dont go in any sub-floor ducts. The asbestos there has been disturbed by somebody 'salvaging' the copper pipes and is heavily contaminated. It is a wonderful site and I wouldnt like to see anyone regret exploring it in later life.....