Depression II
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It's on the gates of Auschwitz
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Everybody's written off the study, but I can imagine some people feeling extremely isolated living in a rural area.
Funnily enough, I grew up with a bunch of folk who lived in a farming community, and there was an enormous Victorian era mental hospital right next to the village, it was the main employer in the area. It's gone now, partially due to a huge scandal. The matron was our next door neighbour, and then suddenly she vanished.
For anybody who's interested -one of my childhood haunts explored!
Anyway, it's possible there's some truth to the study.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Depression II:
Everybody's written off the study, but I can imagine some people feeling extremely isolated living in a rural area.
Funnily enough, I grew up with a bunch of folk who lived in a farming community, and there was an enormous Victorian era mental hospital right next to the village, it was the main employer in the area. It's gone now, partially due to a huge scandal. The matron was our next door neighbour, and then suddenly she vanished.
For anybody who's interested -one of my childhood haunts explored!
Anyway, it's possible there's some truth to the study.
This is a bump for Phibes' link. Fascinating. And sad.
It must have been quite something to grow up near that huge campus. Did you think it haunted, when you were a kid? I have no doubt it's haunted, in a very classic Victorian Hitchcock way. -
@Doctor-Phibes said in Depression II:
Everybody's written off the study, but I can imagine some people feeling extremely isolated living in a rural area.
Funnily enough, I grew up with a bunch of folk who lived in a farming community, and there was an enormous Victorian era mental hospital right next to the village, it was the main employer in the area. It's gone now, partially due to a huge scandal. The matron was our next door neighbour, and then suddenly she vanished.
For anybody who's interested -one of my childhood haunts explored!
Anyway, it's possible there's some truth to the study.
This is a bump for Phibes' link. Fascinating. And sad.
It must have been quite something to grow up near that huge campus. Did you think it haunted, when you were a kid? I have no doubt it's haunted, in a very classic Victorian Hitchcock way.@Rainman said in Depression II:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Depression II:
Everybody's written off the study, but I can imagine some people feeling extremely isolated living in a rural area.
Funnily enough, I grew up with a bunch of folk who lived in a farming community, and there was an enormous Victorian era mental hospital right next to the village, it was the main employer in the area. It's gone now, partially due to a huge scandal. The matron was our next door neighbour, and then suddenly she vanished.
For anybody who's interested -one of my childhood haunts explored!
Anyway, it's possible there's some truth to the study.
This is a bump for Phibes' link. Fascinating. And sad.
It must have been quite something to grow up near that huge campus. Did you think it haunted, when you were a kid? I have no doubt it's haunted, in a very classic Victorian Hitchcock way.I lived a few miles away, but I had close friends who lived in the village, and we used to go into the grounds over the weekend - it had huge grounds, and at one point had housed over 3500 patients, and people were allowed to wander about. There was a cricket pitch, a big pond, public cafe, and lots of woodland.
The most memorable thing we did was discover that there was a large network of tunnels under the site, which carried the electricity, steam, water etc. and we used to go into them and explore. I secretly found them absolutely terrifying, but wasn't going to admit it.
The village really lived in close contact with the hospital - patients were allowed to leave and visit the shops and what-have-you.
It was a very sad place. I sometimes wonder how all the former patients coped when they closed it down. Not well, I fear. Some of them had been there for decades.
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@Rainman said in Depression II:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Depression II:
Everybody's written off the study, but I can imagine some people feeling extremely isolated living in a rural area.
Funnily enough, I grew up with a bunch of folk who lived in a farming community, and there was an enormous Victorian era mental hospital right next to the village, it was the main employer in the area. It's gone now, partially due to a huge scandal. The matron was our next door neighbour, and then suddenly she vanished.
For anybody who's interested -one of my childhood haunts explored!
Anyway, it's possible there's some truth to the study.
This is a bump for Phibes' link. Fascinating. And sad.
It must have been quite something to grow up near that huge campus. Did you think it haunted, when you were a kid? I have no doubt it's haunted, in a very classic Victorian Hitchcock way.I lived a few miles away, but I had close friends who lived in the village, and we used to go into the grounds over the weekend - it had huge grounds, and at one point had housed over 3500 patients, and people were allowed to wander about. There was a cricket pitch, a big pond, public cafe, and lots of woodland.
The most memorable thing we did was discover that there was a large network of tunnels under the site, which carried the electricity, steam, water etc. and we used to go into them and explore. I secretly found them absolutely terrifying, but wasn't going to admit it.
The village really lived in close contact with the hospital - patients were allowed to leave and visit the shops and what-have-you.
It was a very sad place. I sometimes wonder how all the former patients coped when they closed it down. Not well, I fear. Some of them had been there for decades.
@Doctor-Phibes Very interesting and very interesting pictures.
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