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Welcome

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Except since you've got no choice but to be here we dont care if you feel welcome,ha ha

Location: Cherry Knowle Hospital  Gallery: Overnight

The Table

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It looks like you can see the shape of a person lying in the dust.

Location: Cherry Knowle Hospital  Gallery: Overnight

Electroconvulsive Therapy

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I was petrified when the doctor wanted to use ECT on me since i had a distant relative who had it done when i was young and she lost the power of speach for about 6 months,had muscle spasms and has short term memory problems even today years later.

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

In a Haystack

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It probably has spring snakes inside like off family guy.

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

Electroconvulsive Therapy

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I know ECT is still used but it puts me in mind of Bedlam hospital.Especially since some of those who have it performed on them have it done against their will.If you need up in a facility like this your deemed not able to be responsable for your treatment and you lose the right to say no.

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

Path

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The statue would probably depict king Edward I or earl Henry De lacy who owned the castle.It could even be king Arther as the king used the legend as a propaganda tool.

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

A Warning

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Seeing a location i know of shows how much talent Mr Motts has.Im betting that if this place ever does get destroyed that they'll be people who will be grate full that someone with such a great vision for a beautiful shot documented it before it was gone.At least someone does places like this in the UK and US some justice and someone with empathy for the people who worked and lived in\used these places too.

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

Powerhouse

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I saw on a UK based UE site that the mortuary was badly vandalised by the local chavs so maybe thats why it was sealed.The victorian ceramic autopsy table had its top broken off and was tipped over.

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

Entrance

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Some of the the windows are more mis-shapen and some walls more jagged because the smooth outer layer of granite has been removed or fell off.

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

In a Haystack

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The farm was apparently part of the hospital until the 1950's when it was sold.

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

Daily Census

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I was 9 too.Strange to think if id been born a few years earlier id have possibly ended up here.They changed the services here to a mental health unit in the nearby general hospital.

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

Carved Figure

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The king who had these castles built is the one depicted in Braveheart(virtually nothing in that movie actually happened,the only thing correct was basically people's names)

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

Prison Tower

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castles of this age didnt have dungeons but had grate enclosed pits in the floor of towers like this which were about 20 meters deep.They used to simply throw people in and leave them to die.Once in there was no way of climbing out.

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

Entrance

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yay,i live just down the road from here.The plan to build private homes on the hospital site has currently been revoked by the local council.Did you see nearby conway castle Mr Motts?it's much more impressive as it's pretty much complete with its 21 tower town walls with the nearly 800 year old castle within.One of the town walls even has cannon fire scars from the civil war,the last time the castle saw battle.This place has more castles per square mile than anywhere in the world apparently.

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

Wax Paper

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cane hill is an asylum here in the UK,its one of the group that hellingly and severalls are part of.im not sure why its mentioned here thought.

Location: Plymouth County Hospital  Gallery: Feverish

Thorazine Dream

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I knew it! actually the evil mmwwahhaha laugh and sinister background music everytime u get a new victim,i mean client did kinda give it away.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

Thorazine Dream

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do they not still use ECT in the US?They still do in bitain.ive been threatened with it before now.luckly my therapist put her career on the line by fighting against the doctor to provent it.See,mental health professionals arent all monsters(except that doctor)

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

Firehosery

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the arrows on the wall could also be security patrol routes post abandonment.it helps them not get lost in these huge places.

Location: Gravesend Asylum  Gallery: Thorazine Dream

The Sisters

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im refered to as a client by my mental health professionals and the term was explained as also meaning it is a partnership between themself & i in that they provided help & support while i try to take the help given & try to keep myself safe.It also tries to avoid negative labels assoiated with mental health treatment.

Location: Fuller State School and Hospital  Gallery: Disturbed