800 Comments for Great Barr Colony (St Margaret's Hospital)

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WOW!!! I love that castle hall thing. It rules!!!
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i live bout 2 mins from st margarets wen i was younger i used to go dwn in da houses and the under ground tunels u wudnt believe me but there is a tunel tht takes u from st margarets to red house park. i feel sorry for the person who knocks dwn the tree on the left hand side of this house aswel did u know their have been sightings of a girl in this house from wot i now there as bin sum freaky shit happen in this house
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born and lived in great barr all my life used to try and get into grounds when we were kids security used to be very tight. if we got caught we would be arrested.never did though, came close.in the 70's and 80's it used to house some nasty inmates
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hello again if dan reads this tell him to email me hought976@aol.com thanks
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yes i know st margrets hospital i was there in the 1950 it was a beautiful place the great hall we had dances and we had concerts which i loved i sang on the stage there so sad that such a lovely place has allmost gone brings back lots of memorys does anyone know the where abouts of dr buckan who ran the place in thoses days i cryed when i saw the pics of the place well thanks for lisening bye sheila
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Its a grade II* listed building, they're holding on to it. They're so slow though. I wish I could buy it and restore it with my fortune
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lovely place to live and work. on the school with the children.all through the war years.onehome bombed one death because she went back in toget handbag when she shoud have stayed out side with the others.
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Looks like a painting.
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I have a tear in my eye as I looked through those pictures. I remember the hall befre it was fir damaged and left to go to ruin, it was an amazing building, and the hospital, my mother worked there in the early 70s my farther would take us there to pick her up from work, we would run around the hospital and grounds. It is such a shame to see it like it is in the pictures, even though now it is a housing estate.
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I stumbled across your site while searching for maggies on google as i live quite near to the place. Your Sites spot on mate!
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YEAH
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Not too many in this place...
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Stunning as always Motts! The brickwork along with the window shapes hint moorish influence.
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Maybe the middle window is a break in the pattern.
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Yay! For the Sepia Motts!