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i lived in worc. 52-56. off of belmont st -4 blocks down rt 9 on dustin st. i worked WSH 54-56 on male service. one pic shows ward I worked on (salisbury 1-admission ward ) the bldgs left I can identify every one and where they were located, I know every inch of male side. all the bldgs to the right of admin. bldg. as u face it I know each ward and its purpose. there were open wards-closed wards. a violent ward on 3rd fl. 2 fl.above salisbury 1. there were 4 stories. the top fl housed female patients. have a world of stories about things that happended 54-56 one story made national head lines about superentendant of WSH>big scandle have been on every floor including sub tunnel. morgue was located there. u wont belive what was in a cabnet in morgue. (human in nature ) there were 9 refrigated containers for bodies there was another scandle involving a doctor ( female ) that involved selling bodies. want to know more ? i am retired and have a lot of time to talk. ww1acepilot@yahoo.com

i guess most of u people were never in the service. bath rooms were no different

i workek WSH 54-56 and there were NEVER childre housed there

I worked WSH 1954-56. the little things on chair were padded so patients could lay head back when being shaved.they werent allowed to shave selves. just think a little u guys. no one was tortured at WSH ww1acepilot@yahoo.com

the clock tower was in the ent. of WSH. the pics u see are in the shower rm in the center of the wards in the basement I worked therein 1956

when I worked at WSH 54-56 for 2 months I ran patients shower rm, male side. WE never hosed down inmates not even when we had down the violent ward patients...

the industral laundry for the entire hosp. was located behind administration bldg along with power plant mattress shop etc.

in 1956 this was part of the shower room.where patients with open ward privigles undressed .on the left was the ent.to shower room where closed ward patients dressed. I worked there I was in charge .rhere .the barber shop was on the 2nd fl in 1956

I worked at WSH 54-56. the bldg behind the rotunda back then was living quaters for male employes. there was no section for children in 56. no one younger than teens was there & they were on regular wards

this bldg was where employee's lived. the main bldg housing patients had no out side fire escapes I worked on ward Salisbury 1. the admission ward

worked WSH 53-56 ww1acepilot@yahoo.com love to hear from other workers

I was there when escaped patient from mid west was made superentendant WSH. made all papers in states. great story. hard to believe BUT true.

any one know of JEWEL eatery across from entrance to WSH. it was a hang out for us attendants & student nurses. I married one. I know alot about WSH when it was open. even worked violent ward. know all about morgue to

I worked at WSH 52-56 the round bldg that stood by the main bldg was a patient dormatory. I worked the ward on the 1st floor the round bldg was part of my ward (salisbury 1 ) also worked patient shower room & others

Sallie...go get ahold of the movie "Session 9" from 2001 (I think...) that's about one of the other Kirkbride Asylums in Massachusetts (the one in the movie is Danver's State Hospital...where the Full Frontal Labotamy was "prefected"....)