Silent Minority part 1

Silent Minority, aired on british television June 1981. The documentary spotlights alledgedly appalling conditions at Borocourt Hospital, Reading, Berks and St Lawrences Hospital Caterham, Surrey.

St Lawrences Hospital

In 1974, the hospital came to public attention with the publication of the book Tongue Tied by Joseph ('Joey') John Deacon who had been a patient at the hospital since the age of eight in 1928. This was followed by the TV documentary Silent Minority in which the hospital featured in an unfavourable light.

The documentary brought out strong feelings at the time given the content which in one scene shows a child tied to a pole in a ward.

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• Caterham Mental Hospital
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[markkosak]

Just came here after watching panorama!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fuckoffycus]

"We live with each other & watch each other get old" Very sad to think of all those who were imprisoned in such places. My thoughts are with you all, you deserved a decent life, yet you were treated worse than animals a lot of the time. And it continues today, very sad.

[Owen4004]

does anyone here know if people with dementia would of been in one of those places because my grandma has dementia

[bombsmacked]

thanks for the upload very depressing ill just go and hang myself now

[MissGothicGirlie]

@chazawocky

I'm pretty sure it's flats now. Is it?

[DanaMichele312]

@markkosak

lol so did I!

[brendaeileen]

@EXIDEBANDENGLAND omg u kidding, an asylum named witchurch?

[shiresrest]

@markkosak me too, sad.im from new zealand, i feel for ppl far away n i cnt stop crying.

[stuartpatto1976]

panorama brought me here. the abuse them poor souls got at winterbourn view was disgusting. to it was only "four" decades ago they did labotomies on people with learning difficulties and autisim.. we've not really come forward that much..

i'd love to get my hands on these "SCUM" who treat these people like animals.

they're human-beings just like you., you wouldn't treat an animal the way you treat these people..

[stuartpatto1976]

cane hill all the way

[EXIDEBANDENGLAND]

what about the 21 thriving victorian asylums that have not closed ans are stil with us in 2011 shelton hellesdon bethlem carstairs broadmoor ashworth rampton royal edinbourugh st clements witchurch st bernards st nicholas st cadocks and the countless ones in ireland virtually all the irish asylums are still open with no plans to close as do all the others i just mentioned asylums all closed MY FUCKING ARSE

[harrywebb5]

@fuckoffycus i used to look after some men who were in places like this when they were younger, when i looked after them they were middle aged. the abuse they went through where they were was horrible as they were covered in scars . if only they could talk they could tell so many storys.