Richard Davies The main halls in many British mental hospitals have been burnt out, see Urbex for more details.

Location: Kingsley Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Faded Memories

	Richard Davies I was thinking that as well!

Location: Kingsley Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Faded Memories

	Richard Davies The treadle table for the sewing machine is also on the cart.

Location: Kingsley Psychiatric Hospital  Gallery: Faded Memories

	Richard Davies My great uncle Royal Navy boiler engineer before using the skills to become a plumber. Unfortunately the exposure to asbestos & being a heaver smoker (he managed to complete a 1934 Players Stars Of Film card collection) caught up with him in the end.

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Power Plant

	Richard Davies My great uncle Royal Navy boiler engineer before using the skills to become a plumber. Unfortunately the exposure to asbestos & being a heaver smoker (he managed to complete a 1934 Players Stars Of Film card collection) caught up with him in the end.

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Power Plant

	Richard Davies There's a jib there for lifting heavy loads in & out, no block & tackle on it though.

Location: Hewitt State Hospital and Prison  Gallery: Live Wires and Dead Places

	Richard Davies Autoclaves can also be used for heat treating componants, & have a high internal pressure so it's not a good idea to open one when it's running.

Location: Haverford State Hospital  Gallery: SSDD

	Richard Davies I remember seeing something about the Brazilian case, originally they were stripping it down for the lead shielding & found a load of glowing blue dust.

Location: Haverford State Hospital  Gallery: SSDD

	richard Davies The original Gravesend is in Kent, East of London, Pocahontas died there & is burried in a church yard in the town.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

	Richard Davies Radioactive material, lead, possible asbestos could this be any more hazardous!?

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed

	Richard Davies During the making of Marathon Man Laurence Olivier saw Dustin Hoffman just after he made up to look all messed up, & quipped that he should take a taxi next time. Dustin went into a huff because of this & the production lost a few days before he could be pursuaded to come back.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed

	Richard Davies This looks very basic, mainly chicken wire. In WW1 soldiers who lost both legs were often carried home in wicker baskets because it was too easy for them to fall off a stretcher. The term Basket Case comes from these.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed

	Richard Davies My secondary school had a lot of ceiling fittings like this in the Home Enconomics rooms, but were all tied up near to the ceiling & the on/off cords removed.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed

	Richard Davies Cane Hill has 2, an upright that looks unplayable & a baby grand with only 2 dead keys.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed

	Richard Davies I don't think bodies are normally frozen because the tissues would develop frostbite like damage. My knowledge of pathology is limited so I might be wrong here.

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Endless Halls

	Richard Davies The Morge bar sounds like a scene in the Red Dwarf episode Polymorph where Lister makes a meal using medical equipment.

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Transitions

	Richard Davies I've seen similar sinks in British hospitals & they have been described as medical sluces, for washing surgical equipment.

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Transitions

	Richard Davies It looks like a Draughtsman's chair, good for sitting on while working at a drawing board. I guess someone's moved it from an art room.

Location: Foxboro State Hospital  Gallery: Transitions

	Richard Davies The C(I) reads as SF in Cyrilic, if you wanted to know.

Location: Eagle River Power Station  Gallery: Corrosive Industry

	Richard Davies That stuff's called Dymo Tape.

Location: Eagle River Power Station  Gallery: Corrosive Industry

	Richard Davies Isn't this where they filmed the bridge scenes in Saturday Night Fever?

Location: Demon's Alley (New City Village)  Gallery: New Years

	Richard Davies For years my aunt & uncle had a turquoise bathroom that this reminds my of.

Location: Cynthia Lee Memorial Hospital  Gallery: Debris

	Richard Davies Very Art Deco in style.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Richard Davies A few British mental hospitals were equipted with projectors. Even when they were closed the projectors were left behind.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things

	Richard Davies If you didn't know, the labels are made of Dymo Tape. As far as I know it's still available from office suppliers.

Location: Cliffside Hospital  Gallery: Secret Things