david salt I have ti inform that the hospital had a high number of male nurses right from th e days when it was a colony

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

	david salt I remember large cast iron grids over these holes and would think that they were just for air circulation

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

	david salt The scot family owned a vast area of great barr.this can be seen by the gate houses which are on the birmingham road and ueslett road near scot arms

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	david salt The colony was once described as only having nails and boot leather brought in as it was totally self efficient in other needs

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

	david salt Dispite some of the jokes made above I have seen this piece of equipment used in a way which would upset most. Uncooperative patients were tied to it in order to get weighed.

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

	david salt several of the wards had a piano and a person from the womens institues used to come and olay for everyone, especially at christmas.

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

	david salt i had a locked like this once. this could be mine

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

	david salt This is a transformer which was near to the kitchens.

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

	david salt the floor was parquet floor which butted up to tile edging. The metal on the wall was a long radiator which was covered to prevent people with learning disability burning themselves, Thats what we call them these days.

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	david salt this is a photo of the main lounge on cartwight home. 60 people used to live here. there was a two foot gap between the beds upstairs in the dormitory.

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	david salt this is a scupe plate desihned to feed mushed food to people who had difficulties eating

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

	david salt just to let you know that i used to work at the hospital and knew all the places you have photographed. the place had both happy and sad memories for me.

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