The small hotel where I lived for a while in Prunay, France in 1959 was like this, except there was a water tank above, high on the wall with a handle attached to a chain, hanging down. Hence, the expression: "pull the chain when you finish"!

Thanks to you, Mr. Motts, I can explore places like this from the comfort and safety of my computer chair!

When I see a scene like this, I get the urge to grab a broom, dustpan, bucket and shovel to clean up the mess!

The hallway shots are my favorites . . . . .

I can imagine this same view years ago, when these halls were spotless, white-capped and uniformed nurses scurrying about, with armloads of clean linens, or pushing carts with trays of food or medications, an occasional white-jacketed doctor holding a clipboard, with stethoscope hanging around his neck, walking briskly from room to room while making his rounds. There are many patients sitting in their wheelchairs, staring blankly down the long halls . . . . . . can anyone else see them?

My absolute favorite of all the similar websites that I have visited, excellent in every way! I lived for many years, not too far from this hospital, and never realized that it existed. I would have loved to have seen it before it fell to its present condition - What a shame! It is sad, like finding a vintage, classic Packard, rotting away in a grown-up and abandoned junk-yard. A magnificient and beautiful product from the age of skilled and caring craftsmen, something hard to come by these days . . . . .

Pepsi co. bought Mt. Dew in 1965, so from sometime after that.