BROCKHALL HOSPITAL 1960s - Page 6

flashy · 06-04-2010, 17:46

Jimmy Mare lived on Brookside didn't he?

Alan Gilmartin · 07-04-2010, 06:08

Flashy, does, jimmy still live around these parts ?. you could always ask your favourite uncle Mick, Ha HA.

flashy · 07-04-2010, 08:09

yeah ok Alan lol

i havent a clue about Jimmy, just recall the name, my dad was at Brock too, i'll ask him

Alan Gilmartin · 20-06-2010, 08:16

did you ask your dad flashy

flashy · 20-06-2010, 12:14

right Alan, my dad said he doesnt know but my sister said that Roger Walmsleys mrs saw him sometime last year so i'm assuming he is still alive and living somewhere local, he was good friends with my mum aparently (Maralynne Mclean) (Sillitoe)

flashy · 11-08-2010, 19:54

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Alan Gilmartin · 13-08-2010, 01:30

Thanks Flashy will do,

Mrpippin · 01-04-2011, 16:41

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Originally Posted by arthur bithell

Her name is familiar. i think one of my dads friend was called birtwistle i think. My dad was the charge on Johnswood (the rough tough boys) and before that thistleHouse. Dick Hazelteen (spelt wrong i know) was the baker for years my brother Larry used to get hand fulls of bakers yeast off him and eat it (strange tastes). i remember lots of food was going missing from the kitchens so they started using bugs placed under food containers that alerted security when they triggered. Dad was shown one so he stood on it and marched in to the main office with it told them the next one he finds and every one is out. Finally they found out that a quiet kitchen porter who lived above the staff kitchen was stealing food, selling it and sending the money over seas to his family. I remember playing lots of cards in the kitchen for penny a spot two a christmas. One of the comments mentioned the guy who became the kitchin supervisor. He walked in to his office and found my friend Russel walmsley (Rodger was his dad i think) in his chair and his hand up a girls skirt (the only girl chef we had). later that week he caught me in the breeze way getting it on with another girl, she was a jeohvers whitness (OK so i can not spell) and worked in the staff kitchen, one to get converts i suppose shame it did not work. both times he was good enough to walk away and leave us to it.

By the way never heard of any haunting stories all the years i was there. All the strange people there would have scared them off and that is just the staff.

I agree with you entirely! I was a patient there from 1961 to 1973, so I do know from experience.

garyhegarty · 18-10-2011, 19:13

hi my name is gary and i am tryin to make my nans final wish happen my nans name is doris evans she was in brochhall from a young age round 1950's, my nan was in lot of the shows e.g jack and the beanstalk december 1951,the bells ring out the coronation revue, in the sunshine december 1954, but my nan is after one thing a picture of when she was picked to be queen in one of the shows, can someone please help and does my name ring any bells to anyone, thank you gary x

flashy · 18-10-2011, 19:35

was she a patient or did she work there?

garyhegarty · 19-10-2011, 16:45

she was a patient

groove · 21-10-2011, 14:50

Groove was a patient at Brockhall in the 80's.

steve2qec · 21-10-2011, 15:32

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Originally Posted by groove

Groove was a patient at Brockhall in the 80's.

Are you "at large" or were you officially released?

jaysay · 21-10-2011, 18:01

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Originally Posted by groove

Groove was a patient at Brockhall in the 80's.

Ya think you've proved that time and again

groove · 21-10-2011, 18:31

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Originally Posted by steve2qec

Are you "at large" or were you officially released?

Its what they called "care in the community" Steve...scandalous really, there were people off Grooves ward turfed out after being there 60 years...such a shame