Rainhill hospital 1992 The Empty Wards

[paulspalace]

My Aunt, Veronica Geritas was a ward sister here from the mid 50's till her retirement she used to take us to visit her ward. Most patients on her ward where there for the simple fact they had nowhere else to go they'd been committed most of their lives.

[77kop]

hello tommy just see your post, made me smile.

i,m franks son,

sorry to say lena passed away last june

[tommydon100]

I worked with Frank and Lena Porrino on many occaisions during my training-they were great fun to work with. Frank used to call me Mr Mantovani.

Cheers

Tommy

[frankieporrino]

My Mum, Dad and Aunty worked there for years, spotted my dad on one of the Gala videos, spend many a year playing in the hospital grounds as kids, great times...

[adelamere1]

Rainhill's NOT in Liverpool

[daveylfc26]

donkeys got bummed at rainhill lunatic asylum 4 fun

[haggisscouse]

My mum was a patient at Rainhill in the 60s a couple of times. She had ECT which must have been terrifying for her. She made a good recovery though and died in 1989 just hours after holding her new-born grand-daughter in her arms.

[heaps09]

i was in there coz im mental

[adelamere1]

Prescot ! one 't' !

[flashgunfilms]

I'd love to use that for a film set! Shame!

[saint2perth]

haha the good old days climbing over the 10ft sandstone wall to go concering then being chased by security back out on to main ave

[mardilurg]

I was an inpatient there back in '75, thankfully only for a few days...

[pogo14022002]

why were you there?

[mardilurg]

I was there because I simply had postnatal depression. I'm Australian, and was distressed (homeless) and homesick at the time. I believe to this day I just needed counselling. It was a living nightmare. Thanks to God, it was only that a bombastic friend from Essex came over and queried what was happening that I was discharged so quickly - I recall trying to escape over that 10ft wall too! I was in the care of two doctors, Clark and Walsh. They were like Jeckl and Hyde...

[lfccogs]

my mates mum shelia johnson use to work there we used to take her clothes to her so she could go on a night out it was a long walk from clock face to the hospital but we loved doing it RIP shelia

[queeny60s]

all ur vids r really interesting! ever found any old equipment they used? ECT mechinery?

[janehodge1]

Thanks, almost forgot what the grounds where like with the buildings, used to spend so much time around there as a child. Padddy

[SFTH]

Used to go watch the fireworks there as a kid with me mam and dad every bommie night.

[urbanlincs]

Excellent vid as always mate!