If i was alive back then my Tourettes would have me locked in a place like this.....to be honest i am ashamed to be a part of society that has and still does treat people with disabilities like lesser beings. We are human, we have feelings. We also have the same Rights as the rest of you. Stop treating us like animals!
they wouldnt be so hard to handel if they where treated right. i stayed in a place like this in the usa and was called willowbrook but we never went outside and was over 5 thousand in that place. but we where treated the same ignored
the boy tied to the post actually had a name, and that was nicholas stroud. he was transfered to a nursing home in south croydon, london, where he died peacefully in his sleep a couple of years ago. the comfort he recieved would not of been possible without the love and dedication of his auntie lesley
The thing that horrified me was that some of the older patients at St Lawrence's were dumped there simply because they were illegitimate. Don't just criticise the staff, I witnessed the dislike of the surrounding population for those patients allowed out. These institutions exist because out of sight is out of mind. We as a society are afraid of these people because they are different, so get them out of sight and spend as little money on staff and facilities that is wrong, we are all guilty
I worked at St Lawrences from 1970 to 1973 as a ward orderly on the female side in wards B3, E1 (children's) and H block. In all the time I worked there I never witnessed abuse like that we have seen at Winterbourne View. The treatment now seems cruel and uncaring, my experience with 99.9% of the staff was that they cared very much, many of the patients on the wards I worked on went to work every day on various occupational therapy units in the grounds.
@MsMonacos10 "5 hours a day, tied to a post?!?!?!?!!! It's unbearable to watch... "
There's a video on here called something like "the wild child", about a girl nicknamed 'genie'. Her father decided she was mentally abnormal at birth, so he and his wife left her tied to a potty to stare at a wall until she was 13; she was never spoken to or seen. I can't even begin to imagine what that would do to even the mind of an adult who knew what was happening.
@chazawocky Oh my god! I agree with you. I was wondering what your comment was about. I know that now in the united states it is not legal to tie people up....but that was in the 80s and in england i believe. Wow, so sad.
I work with disable adults and this makes me so sad and I want to run there and just hold them and let them know that they are not alone in that cold place
they were not as daft as they were though they were i hope that these love starved people well i hope that some of them have escaped this hell, its so sad i cannot imagine feeling ever that if something apperared wrong with my child that i would have allowed for them to be sent somewhere like this
Hi Liz, Good to see a positive comment from someone with first hand experience. I would always say treat these programmes with caution, the makers are looking for sensationalism.
@stealthpiccasso: I agree, information is of great importance, but I find (mostly American) documentaries terribly seeking for sensationalism, which is in my opinion counter-productive and disrespectful for the people involved in first person.
where are all the staff that worked at Borocourt today? i worked there back in the 1980s its hard to remember names but i will try Roger Heart Mathew Gougth julie Rowell Tracey Morton ,Flora Diane june lynn Peter Hall ,NG,its so hard to remember but if your out there LOVE to hear from you
i worked at Borocourt hospital Reading in the 1980s but it was not how it looks in this video. The staff where great with the patients i worked with in the sessions unit as well as Beaches Ward. They where not locked in cages in the garden we all have fences around our gardens to keep our children safe other wise they would run off and possibly run out in front of traffic give Borocourt a break i miss working there, Liz Varney (Liz Hamilton married name)
If i was alive back then my Tourettes would have me locked in a place like this.....to be honest i am ashamed to be a part of society that has and still does treat people with disabilities like lesser beings. We are human, we have feelings. We also have the same Rights as the rest of you. Stop treating us like animals!
joelwhitaker 50 minutes ago
they wouldnt be so hard to handel if they where treated right. i stayed in a place like this in the usa and was called willowbrook but we never went outside and was over 5 thousand in that place. but we where treated the same ignored
jb55101 2 months ago
Why.
cooldaddy1234567 2 months ago
the boy tied to the post actually had a name, and that was nicholas stroud. he was transfered to a nursing home in south croydon, london, where he died peacefully in his sleep a couple of years ago. the comfort he recieved would not of been possible without the love and dedication of his auntie lesley
Acrux53 6 months ago
The thing that horrified me was that some of the older patients at St Lawrence's were dumped there simply because they were illegitimate. Don't just criticise the staff, I witnessed the dislike of the surrounding population for those patients allowed out. These institutions exist because out of sight is out of mind. We as a society are afraid of these people because they are different, so get them out of sight and spend as little money on staff and facilities that is wrong, we are all guilty
PDT121074 8 months ago
I worked at St Lawrences from 1970 to 1973 as a ward orderly on the female side in wards B3, E1 (children's) and H block. In all the time I worked there I never witnessed abuse like that we have seen at Winterbourne View. The treatment now seems cruel and uncaring, my experience with 99.9% of the staff was that they cared very much, many of the patients on the wards I worked on went to work every day on various occupational therapy units in the grounds.
PDT121074 8 months ago
This is a truly appalling spectacle.
NathanF11989 9 months ago
what a horrible existance........ :(
MsMonacos10 9 months ago
5 hours a day, tied to a post?!?!?!?!!! It's unbearable to watch...
MsMonacos10 9 months ago
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@MsMonacos10 "5 hours a day, tied to a post?!?!?!?!!! It's unbearable to watch... "
There's a video on here called something like "the wild child", about a girl nicknamed 'genie'. Her father decided she was mentally abnormal at birth, so he and his wife left her tied to a potty to stare at a wall until she was 13; she was never spoken to or seen. I can't even begin to imagine what that would do to even the mind of an adult who knew what was happening.
lexichronicle2 7 months ago
oH THIS MADE ME CRY :( I want to give nikki a hug!!!!!!
sophminx 9 months ago
I nursed at St Lawrence's. Knew all of those guys in D Block, from Wellington D1 ward. A saddening but amazing place.
DERVT 11 months ago
3.18, I yelled in shock when I saw that. I thought that kind if treatment belonged in the Victorian bygone age. That was truly disgusting.
chazawocky 1 year ago 5
@chazawocky Oh my god! I agree with you. I was wondering what your comment was about. I know that now in the united states it is not legal to tie people up....but that was in the 80s and in england i believe. Wow, so sad.
Lucailey 7 months ago
I work with disable adults and this makes me so sad and I want to run there and just hold them and let them know that they are not alone in that cold place
shortie1845 1 year ago
This is so upsetting. I can't believe actual human beings were treated in this way..
TheSophboo 1 year ago
they were not as daft as they were though they were i hope that these love starved people well i hope that some of them have escaped this hell, its so sad i cannot imagine feeling ever that if something apperared wrong with my child that i would have allowed for them to be sent somewhere like this
sarahsmith995 1 year ago
Hi Liz, Good to see a positive comment from someone with first hand experience. I would always say treat these programmes with caution, the makers are looking for sensationalism.
stealthpiccasso 1 year ago 5
@stealthpiccasso: I agree, information is of great importance, but I find (mostly American) documentaries terribly seeking for sensationalism, which is in my opinion counter-productive and disrespectful for the people involved in first person.
donniecatalano 1 year ago
where are all the staff that worked at Borocourt today? i worked there back in the 1980s its hard to remember names but i will try Roger Heart Mathew Gougth julie Rowell Tracey Morton ,Flora Diane june lynn Peter Hall ,NG,its so hard to remember but if your out there LOVE to hear from you
jasontremlett1 1 year ago
i worked at Borocourt hospital Reading in the 1980s but it was not how it looks in this video. The staff where great with the patients i worked with in the sessions unit as well as Beaches Ward. They where not locked in cages in the garden we all have fences around our gardens to keep our children safe other wise they would run off and possibly run out in front of traffic give Borocourt a break i miss working there, Liz Varney (Liz Hamilton married name)
jasontremlett1 1 year ago
in a fing cage like animals
smileykisses420 2 years ago
just like in nurseing homes they need more staff i work short everyday all to save money
smileykisses420 2 years ago
2.17 where she smacks him! Bitch..
josephtierney12 2 years ago
these videos inspired me to work at a mental hospital so i can make places like this improve. This is sad
JHUTTOB 2 years ago
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fuckoffycus 2 years ago