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Tag Archives: This Won’t Hurt
This won’t hurt – Images of St. Matthews Hospital, Burntwood
Following my post earlier this week about Burntwood Asylum – latterly St .Matthews Hospital – I have been bowled over by the response of readers to what I thought might be a taboo subject. From reader responses – including some … Continue reading
Posted in Brownhills stuff, Environment, Features, Followups, Fun stuff to see and do, Local History, Local media, Reader enquiries, Shared media, Shared memories, Spotted whilst browsing the web
Tagged Anna Neagle, Anna Sadowski, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Coulter Lane, Derelict, Ingrid Croot, Local History, Mary Hutchinson, mental hospital, planning, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, This Won't Hurt, Woodhouses
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Unspoken histories – what do you know?
I’m respectfully making an enquiry as to a bit of history that isn’t talked about much and may be quite sensitive for some. This is a subject that has long interested me in one form or another, and I think … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Environment, Interesting photos, Local History, Local media, News, Shared media, Shared memories, Social Media, Spotted whilst browsing the web, Walsall community
Tagged asylum, Brownhills local history, Burntwood, Burntwood Lunatic Asylum, Burntwood Mental Hospital, Cane Hill, Coulter Lane, Derelict, Local History, mechanised, mental hospital, Old maps, planning, Rauceby, Redevelopment, Social Services, St Matthews Hospital, St Matthews Road, Staffordshire, This Won't Hurt, urbex uk, Woodhouses
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