Richard I thought you had left us, Mr. Motts. This picture alone made the wait worth it.

Location: North Wales Hospital (Denbigh Asylum)  Gallery: The Castle and the Asylum

	Richard I work on pianos. Sadly, that one looks to be beyond reasonable repair. The hammers have been removed, and the fact that some keys are stuck down and ivories falling off are a good indication that there is moisture damage.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed

	Richard Alas, they are over too soon. Well done, Mr. Motts.

Location: Great Barr Colony (St Margaret's Hospital)  Gallery: St Margaret's Hospital

	Richard Didn't fat albert and the Cosby Kids make musical instuments out of these?

Location: Great Barr Colony (St Margaret's Hospital)  Gallery: St Margaret's Hospital

	Richard Sounds like the spotlight op at the high school production I'm currently running...

Location: The Pines Hotel  Gallery: Trip with Drie

	Richard Originally, a water tower. Later, storage. Students liked to sneek smokes in there.

Location: Salesian School  Gallery: Forgotten Prayers

	Richard Scotty what happened? Aiy Captain I pushed em too hard an they blew apart.,

Location: Severalls Hospital  Gallery: The Beginning of the End

	Richard Very nice, Mr. Motts. Can we expect more galleries from Europe?

Location: Hellingly Hospital  Gallery: Sporadic Storms

	Richard Man, I wish I could see these in person.

Location: Mesa State Training School  Gallery: Recovery

	Richard When I was becoming a teacher, they insisted you learn how to operate one of these while you were a student teacher. Two years after graduation, I never saw one in use in a school again.

Location: Belchertown State School  Gallery: The Theater

	Richard Holy Crap!! Often I find dalls kind of creept anyway, but, DAMN!!!

Location: Margate State School  Gallery: Antiquities

	Richard Thats an oldie.

Location: Margate State School  Gallery: Antiquities

	Richard I called in sick today, and there are new pictures. The head feels a little better.

Location: Margate State School  Gallery: Antiquities

	Richard Another good gallery.

Location: Metropolitan State Hospital  Gallery: Clarity

	Richard For some reason, this is the scariest picture.

Location: Metropolitan State Hospital  Gallery: Clarity

	Richard Bravo!

Location: Metropolitan State Hospital  Gallery: Clarity

	Richard Those ducts make these my favorite of all the hallway shots on this site.

Location: Green Hill State Hospital  Gallery: Swarmed

	Richard Very nice

Location: Green Hill State Hospital  Gallery: Swarmed

	Richard my father was a Rehabilitation counselor at letchworth in the 1970's At that time there were still many highher functioning residents there. My father took me to see renditions of Hello Dolly and Fidddler on the Roof performed by the residents on that very stage.

Location: Letchworth Village  Gallery: Visiting Hours

	Richard Guess I should look at the next pic before I comment.

Location: Studebaker Stamping Plant  Gallery: Around the Bend

	Richard It is a Military stretcher.

Location: Studebaker Stamping Plant  Gallery: Around the Bend

	Richard An angel wanders the ruins of an asylum. What a story could be created from that premis.

Location: Northampton State Hospital  Gallery: Cupid's Demise

	Richard Some reseach on the web came up with this fact about the tower, The school used it to store candles and some students used it to sneak a smoke. A while back I found the door was pried open. Looked too rickedy for me to risk entering

Location: Salesian School  Gallery: Forgotten Prayers

	Richard Snoopy with his feet in a dead rat?

Location: Plymouth County Hospital  Gallery: Feverish

	Richard Brings to mind Trainspotting's "filthiest loo in Scotland" yeah I know its an elevator with a comode, but that's what I thought about.

Location: Plymouth County Hospital  Gallery: Feverish