444 Comments for St Ebba's Hospital

shit, I've made a grammar mistake. Sorry !

But if it was to be the soap dispenser, there must have been any basin near there...or was there... Motts?

Maybe just another suction/transfusion device?

That tube shaped thing at the bottom left looks exactly like an old cake decorator I used to have. Put the frosting in the tube part and your two fingers go through the two round parts and then you push on the center thing, viola. . . frosting comes out the other end through a fancy tip. What on earth could they have used this for?

oh this is too creepy... its giving me chills... i think for the first time Motts im not gonna be able to Sleep Tonight

Many years ago, my best friend at school developed a problem in her right knee. I can't remember the medical term but it was a type of degenerative disease. She started to wear a knee support, but a few months later she told me, very upset, that she was going to have to wear a full leg brace. It was ugly - leather and steel - and kept both her ankle and knee straight, and she had to wear it whenever she stood up. As she had very little pain when she walked without it, being good friends, we soon hatched a pot that she would come to my house using the back enterence, take her brace off in my shed, and creep out to catch a bus to the next town. I worked for months.

Then, and I can remember this so well, she came over crying her eyes out - she had been told she would need a similar brace on her other leg. Whilst there was little or no pain an exray showed bone damage. Two weeks later she was fitted, and given under arm crutches which she know needed to walk, as she had strict instructions not to swing her legs.

Then the school said because of her disability she could no longer attend - so we began to lose contact. However, whilst she had trouble getting up stairs to my bedroom we met in hers - now on the ground floor. I knew her braces real well - I even tried them on - it was weird.

We then planned to again go out together without her wearing them as we had before. It worked real well for a couple of times, we met boys, she was very preety and it was great.

Then one evening at the bus stop her father passed in his car, came back, picked us up and gave us hell. Her for walking without her braces and me for aiding. He stopped her from coming over, I was afraid to go there and as we were now at different schools we did not meet for weeks.

Then we met in a local shop. She was in her braces and on crutches and seeming to have more trouble moving. Her mother said it was ok for me to come back with them. On the way home I knew she was having real difficulty moving and when home we went to her room and she took her dress off. Not only were both her legs in braces but now the braces were attached to a solid corset type belt. Apparently this both restricted her hip movement but also made it near impossible for her to remove her braces. Shortly afterwards her family moved and we lost touch - I often wonder how it worked out, and regret I was not a better friend.

Amanda, I also had to wear braces when i was very young, not exactly like these, but, also because my feet turned inward. The ones i wore even had a bar attached to each shoe to hold my feet out. Im glad it fixed the problem and walk fine now, hope yours did the job and you are walking good now too!

Even though I am only 20 I had these when I was very young, probably around 5. Though ugly, when in good condition they aren't as scary. It was because my hips turn inward making my feet turn inward & these help straighten the legs out.

serenityjane, glad to hear back from you, thanks for email, be expecting one from me soon! i think from what i can gather we are about 8 to 9 hrs. apart, so your night is my day, but, will do my best to catch up with you, lol
Lucie

I teach English in two private schools and Art in a primary school part time. I am also working on a children's book but have no time at all!
(specially as I hang out here so often due to Motts's amazing photos and people like you who are so nice to talk to!)
By the way, Daniel has run riot again!

You sound lovely! Maybe we should one day! Even better, visit each other! You're an artist....I admire you for that. It was my chosen profession but I got into teaching and also loved that too....
e-mail me if you want
serena_jane@hotmail.com
it would be lovely. I'd like to see some of your work ;)

thinking of you, serenityjane, Itsnt it lovely. A good angle on these roses that still live on, as does this hospital. Made me think of the school you taught at, What do you do now?

You sound so interesting and have enjoyed your comments! I wish we could trade places for a while so you could visit the US and i could see the lovely coast line of Greece! You a art teacher, me a artist, thats unreal.

I'm not sure where it is, Lucielou, but it's gorgeous. I worked in a school in London for some years when I was an art teacher and the art department, together with the drama and music department, was in the old annex that looked very similar to this! I used to hear children's voices long after everyone had gone home. I'm sure that it had spirits of children in there.......I like to think they enjoyed our art classes! ;)
By the way, we had extensive grounds around the school with a pond of fish and mini woodland area. Lots of roses too

serenityjane, found this gallery, Its in the UK i think? the name has been changed to protect the innocent ha! The grounds are still full of roses, Have you ever lived near here?

you connect a light bulb to it , roll the little machie towards the nearest sink, give the crank a spin, the wheels start spinning, the lightbulb flickers on and you wash your hands under the glow and warmth of light. (First ever portable sink light). : )