Ward 16

OOOOoooo THE FAMOUS WARD 16, SPOOKY...

Definitely my favourite (so far)...though I haven't commented on the other images because they left me speechless!

Did you pull that cord Motts? (just kidding...I know you wouldn't)

The streaks almost look like smoke damage. Very cool shot.

Yeah theres an awful lot of the black dirt...id imagine it is soot that was deposited by smoke from the fires. its a shame something so visually attractive comes from such a bad thing.

Any shots from within Ward 16?

I must look this up. Was there any special reason this ward had the worst repuation? For instance, what kind of patients were in here that made the staff think they could abuse them? Were they people who maybe couldn't speak well and report the abuse?

I'm not calling all staff abusive mind you (from the opening paragraph about this place the nurses in training sounded like very kind and caring people) just some.

Hey, Long Island Irish, check out the info at this link:
http://www.whittinghamhospital.co.uk/
Motts put it up on the front page of this gallery. There's some very interesting and comprehensive info there about the hospital's history. There are also some neat pictures. I think you'll find the stories there enlightening - I did. While the hospital's past is checkered, it seems that there were a committed few who really strove to make it a pleasant place for troubled people. It's a shame that it didn't work out.

Thank you GirlJaye! :-)

Here, check this out, it's all about this really cool old hospital called EMS. It was torn down in the early 90s but this sight is run by a guy who used to hang out there in the 80s and loved it there.

www.nomorejello.net

I'm just posting this here because the plant growth in this hospital kind of reminded me of EMS.

Happy holidays!

what evils lurke inside Ward 16

For some reason, I find those ward signs the most creepy. Its kind of sad that people are "filed" like documents. I know it's necessary, but still.

"...Pass not beneath, O Caravan - or pass not singing. Have you heard that silence where the birds are dead, something pipeth like a bird?..."

I wonder how many women gazed upon that very sign with misery and dread, wishing for a better life somewhere else, wishing for a sound mind.

I worked and trained in Whittingham in the early 70's after the Big investigation never saw any abuse. Many happy years working there The Ballroom phot bought fond Memories staff Dances held there.

After checking out the history site link, I couldn't help wondering what they did with all the patients who were evacuated during the two world wars so the military could use the hospital? Does anybody know?

wow thats spooky stuff, does any 1 kno who i can get more info in this ward??

I believe such atrocities would of taken place,
there were no laws then protect women back then from abuse in any form, especially spousal abuse. As you can see the walls do not lie. Even to this day, they weep for the women that had been there.

most of the abuse wasnt done on 16, it was on the ward next door, another 3 storey block that was formerly ward 8, after the enquiry, in a bid to remove any stigma, the ward was completely refurbished and re opened as ward S, therefore whittinghams wards in st lukes went 1+2(langdale unit, mixed sex), 3(female) 4(male) 5-corridor ward, no patients, but all cells unused when i was there just offices and the hospitals 'black museum', 6(f), 7(m) ward S-formerly wd8 (mixed on 3 floors) ward 9-again a corridor ward but used for the hospital libraryand other offices , wd 10(mixed-blind unit) wd 11(m) wd 12(f) no wd 13, obviously!!, wd 14-(f) formerly the tb ward, wd 15, male, and wd 16, mixed.
wards 3,4,S(8) 16, 11 and 12 were 3 storey wards the rest, , 6,7, 14, and 15 were 2 storey. there were another 3 hospitals on site as well as this one, st lukes, so the numbering actually went up to ward 46.

im really scare, i typed in danielle whittingham on gogle and it ccame up with this, some really horrible stuff happened here, and its named after me! this is like the movie mad house but real life....

I worked on Ward 16 (16A to be exact) throughout the 1980's and heard all about 'The Enquiry' even then as it was still a topic of conversation. My memories of Whittingham are mostly good, a real family within a safe community.
It's sad to see it in disrepair and abandonment. I too remember the staff dances at the ballroom.......

erm my bird just nicked the ward 11c sign, now i know it is from the tb ward.....

there is'nt a tb ward at whittingham how much would u want 4 that sign?

i did my work experience at the hospital back in the 80s i would take the lady down to the lawns for a glass of juice it so sad that this place has closed. this was there home and they felt safe

i did my school work experience at the hospital in the 70s it was not the nicest of places to go we had to bath the patients it was horrid

I worked and trained here in the 70's Was a great place met some wonderful people bot staff and patients.

I am selling a copy of the history of whittingham...

130536227457 ebay item number
will offer free p&p if anyone one is interested.....

email me: evonneharwood@btinternet.com

( really great pics ) thank you for posting them