Ward Entrance

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This place looks fantastic!

hrm

Tue 09-13-2005

motts, i love you.

fashionpage88@yahoo.com

Tue 09-13-2005

lol

anna

Wed 09-14-2005

....thinks of MunchkinLand....

"Follow the little grey string!"

AutumnTwin

Wed 09-14-2005

WOW FANTABULOUS PIC! I ALSO LOVE YOU MOTTS!

JAVA

Fri 09-16-2005

CLASSIC PICTURE MOTTS CLASSIC!!!

Martymizuno

Thu 09-22-2005

OMG! This one too... Love it!!!!

MAR

Thu 10-13-2005

Fabulous picture! I love the perspective.

Bri

Tue 11-22-2005

its an inviting nightmare... the way the doors are almost but not quite all the way open suggests that they are in the process of opening, like its a ghost story, and the ghosts want you to come this way. brilliant.

sarah

Mon 11-28-2005

Hey Motts, I live in Northampton England and we also have an old abandoned Mental Institution called St Andrews that was opened in 1838. Wouldn't it be great if you took some photos of that one to compare against this one...

Pete

Tue 12-06-2005

I agree Pete. Motts, the cheapeast and most exciting way to get over there is by rowboat. June or July.

Martymizuno

Tue 12-06-2005

If I make a trip out to England, I will definitely check into it... I have a few I'd like to see in the England/Scotland area.

Motts

Wed 12-07-2005

The beauty is that most of our stuff is reeeeally old and we have so many old trains, buildings, cars etc that show the effect of time in great detail. Things rust so fast here you can almost feel the change in your pocket start to decay ; )

Pete

Wed 12-07-2005

Pete, Is that old hospital between St. Andrews st. and Lower Harding st.?

Martymizuno

Wed 12-07-2005

Impressive as ever Motts

LST69

Thu 01-05-2006

motts you pics are great...i am amazed that you know so much in regards to that what the actual rooms are. how are u able to identlify all the rooms in such a large place? is it from experience in being in so many places or do u have maps? also, does anyone have any pics of any of these places while they were sitll being used? its crazy how quickly these places become so ancient looking. its also crazy how the staff left so much behind. did they know that they were shutting the doors forever?

YAY!! Mental Floss

Where did the string go to

freek

Wed 02-15-2006

It looks like I am about to walk right through those doors and into the ward itself. It is so realistic.

Andra

Sat 02-25-2006

At the risk of sounding redundant, that is one great shot! The next best thing to being there.

Peat Moss

Sat 02-25-2006

I just wanted to give you an update on what happened to that string. It gathered up by experts in the field of archeology and given to Prez, he as our most glorious leader forwarded to Northampton, England to be placed in an honored place that the Norhamptonites call the museum of odd stringy things. Hey, great question.

great pic

the point of no return.

suzieq

Wed 04-26-2006

hey motts has there ever been a case about some one getting lost in there and never coming back

from under your bed

Sat 05-06-2006

No, the building can get a bit confusing at first but it's not a labyrinth

Motts

Mon 05-08-2006

i bet theres been a few faces pressed against those panes of glass........

chopsuey

Mon 05-22-2006

I guess all of these places used lead-based paint and asbestos. Is that why they don't want to ever use them again and they just let them sit and deteriorate?

Nancy

Tue 06-20-2006

Nancy -

Pretty much. It's cheaper to let the buildings just rot than pay the enviromental fees to dispose of the deconstructed material or retro-fit the places to bring them to modern code.

Serrena

Wed 06-21-2006

My first post. Almost like you could run forever and never get anywhere. Kinda creepy!

Beneybaby

Fri 08-10-2007

Long hall shone with sunlight coming from rooms with opened doors creeps me a bit.

Hallucinator

Sat 02-09-2008

Northampton England again, still no sign of the string delivery Johnny Mac, perhaps its been sent to the shoe museum here? lol. Yes there really is one! Northamptons only vaguely interesting history being one of cobbling over the centuries. Anyhoo, I stumbled here and will stumble away again safe in the knowledge that we are giving brits a terrible name lol!

Abs

Sat 08-02-2008

What is the infamous string for Mister Motts?

Kaitlyn.

Thu 11-19-2009

I suppose someone wasn't confident in getting out, or perhaps didn't bring a flashlight, so they let loose a ball of string through the place.

Motts

Thu 11-19-2009

WOW! I love this! The shadows and light are wonderful, a great black and white picture!
Mr. Motts, I don't suppose you remember what that black rectangular box at the end of the hall on the wall is, do you? Just curious. :)

Kathy W.

Sat 11-28-2009

Aauurgh, reminds me of the hallway doors at my grade school!

STL girl

Thu 12-17-2009

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Date Shot:	May 2005	Image ID#:	3077
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Location Name:	Northampton State Hospital
Current Status:	Demolished
Built:	1856	Closed:	1993
Opened:	1858	Demolished / Renovated:	2006
Location Age:	156 years	Abandonment:	13 years

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