The phone book on the desk at 9:11 indicates it was still being used in 1991 if not later. thats the red & blue BT piper logo introduced in 1991

I work in a hospital that around 10 years ago demolished an old Victorian block to make way for a"ultra modern" building...why oh why did they do that? I worked in the operating theatres at the time and they don't have Porters so you had to go collect the patients who were being operated on that day yourselves. I remember one of the lifts being the old service lifts with two doors you had to pull shut, they wouldn't work unless they were completely shut and you got a static shock of them sometimes. The outside of the building had a walkway that looked like a veranda that I expect was used to let fresh air in and I think patients probably sat on it years ago if the weather was good. They wouldn't do that these days infection control would have a field day. The brick work looked black to me, I was never sure if it was black brick or dirt through the ages.. One of the buildings had terracotta ornate brickwork that was salvaged and put in a new garden in the grounds, that was a nice touch. i remember a staircase with a wooden curved handrail that is long gone now, such workmanship went in to that. I still work in the operating theatres but I do an office job but I still think about the old site, so in answer to your question I would have the old style hospital's any day of the week.. I look at the new build and know that when it was built they had all the safety precautions in place, years and years ago buildings took years to build there was no health and safety executive to protect them, men died doing that job but the architecture has you in awe.

@johorrocks8927

3 жыл бұрын

Just had a look at some pics of the part of the hospital I work at, the veranda I mentioned was a balcony that would of linked two wards it was two storeys high. The brickwork was definitely brown but always looked darker to me.

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing - it seems like your hospital had some great architectural details that are lost in modern buildings today. I understand what you mean regarding the safety precautions during the construction but it is strange that with all these safety precautions now, old architecture like this isn’t considered.

@nigelhardy7218

6 ай бұрын

@@Urbandoned It is such a shame that there is such a blinkered view of old buildings. If the maintenance costs are higher, they have long tight corridors and staircases and few lifts it seems they are not worth the effort. Therefore, they are vacated. Unoccupied buildings that soon slowly decay can quickly become too costly to renovate, and are left to crumble.

I would love to see both. Since I live in Canada, i don’t ever get to see the buildings in England. I love seeing anything

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

That’s fair enough! We are always looking for either as we feel the same way, but I would say we prefer old.

This is incredible. I’m an empath, and I sense things. I’m not psychic, it’s just “feelings” I get in my solar plexus. Watching this made me feel very uneasy. Not in the sense that I feel you shouldn’t be doing this; in the sense that I get a bad feeling from the building. I think it has a long and complex history. The fact that it’s a former mental health hospital could explain a lot. Given the horrendous treatment we know some people received for their mental health services at that period of time in history. I find your channel absolutely fascinating! So beautifully filmed, edited and put together. Really respectful with it too. Really super cool. You’ve got a sub for life here 👍🏻

I prefer older buildings, mostly because they are generally more beautiful. Not just for hospitals, but also for homes and factories. It's incredible how beautiful some old factory buildings can be.

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Yes very true - any building of old is more interesting in our opinion.

Thank you for sharing guys. These old brick-built hospitals are so interesting, the equipment and furniture all tell a story. The chairs in a circle by the way could have been from some group therapy session. The electric typewriter would date from the 1980's or late seventies, similar to one my mother used as a typist at the time. Your respect for empty buildings is admirable, nothing is touched unnecessarily, and no trivial commentary or banter.

The Data protection act should cover all sort of protection Thank you for taking us on your journeys to these abandoned buildings and giving us insight into what happens when a property is neglected

Well done! Great video, thanks for giving us a unique insight into places that we would never normally would be able to see!

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind message - that is exactly what we are trying to do as we make these videos.

Great Video!

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Older buildings are always more interesting - not least because they tell a story of by-gone conditions and treatments. I'm chuckling at your descriptions of what's "really old" though, as most of that would have been in use throughout the 1980s and possibly the first half of the nineties! Sure, it's already more than 25 years ago; but that's it all modernised!! I remember hospitals like that in everyday use, with Bakelite telephones, light switches and all. Those trolleys in the final scenes would have been used to distribute something around the wards - probably sheets and towels considering where they are. It's a bit shocking to see so many medical records left behind mind you, as many of the people concerned will still be alive... anyone would think they had something to hide - which they might very well if my experiences are anything to go by!

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

We agree! For us, a lot of the equipment there appears much older than the modern stuff we are used to, but that is just because we’re young as you say! It’s very surprising that the medical records remain - thanks for your comment :)

Always good quality, great video

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Great Video Guys Thanks and Best Wishes

You’ve got a natural skill for what you do mate fantastic editing and documentary skills keep up the great work 💪

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

That’s massively appreciated mate, thank you

I worked as Psychiatric Nurse in 1971, at Oldham Boundry Park, and Oldham Westhulme Hospitals, They were beautiful old Victorian Hospitals that are now Demolished. Beautiful and Gone.

Another beautiful video guys! I loved the doorframe, it was almost designed to be outside rather than inside. The chairs were more than likely placed that way by previous explorers. Keep it up guys🤓

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

We agree, those chairs felt very setup and bizarre. Wasn’t the doorframe beautiful?!

Great explore, there are some lovely architectural details still there. I watch and like many different urbexers and I love all the places they explore. However, older structures generally have a broader and more interesting history which adds a lot. Well done guys. All the best from Buenos Aires. 👍🏻👍🏻

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind wishes! The building was beautiful and it’s a shame to see it in this condition.

Wow the paint is wrecked in that place! Didn't expect to see so much craft & workshop stuff to be left in there. Have seen those tool outlines before (Proper People video) maybe so you could check they had all been returned? Wouldn't want people wandering about with claw hammers... Also the wire over the stairs and 'fresh air' balconies. Definitely uneasy atmosphere about the place. Great camera work and well judged commentary - well worth the wait. Cheers guys!

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the support - that’s probably correct about the workshop, someone with a mental health issue could harm themselves or others with a piece of equipment like a hammer, so they must have been watched over intently.

Really awesome explore. All the left behind stuff was interesting. Love the decay. Thanks for the upload 😃👍

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

No problem mate - glad you enjoyed it :)

Personally, I prefer the older buildings, as they have more character. The peeling paint in this particular building is really beautiful.

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment, we agree!

I feel these places would have been quite sad. It’s possible that the patients rarely if ever saw their family again.

I know the market square in Northampton was cobbled for hundreds of years but has now being resurfaced with stone slabs.

This is a really cool video. Surprising the amount of personal belongings, equipment and medical records left behind. Great to see this. If this is of interest, do a search for Whittingham Hall - a huge former asylum that's North of Preston in Lancashire. There are a few videos on KZread taken in that place and also old documentaries showing what life was like for people/ inmates.

I live on the new development on the grounds of hellingly hospital , parts of the hospital are still in use today , it is extremely haunted , the relatively new secure unit holds patients similar to those in broadmoor . Tunnels are long since filled in but the new builds have been built and positioned similar to where some original buildings once stood . They used original bricks etc on some houses , leaving negative residual energy within new properties

The circle of chairs was probably for group therapy.

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Very true! We didn’t think about that

Older buildings Good Video x

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

For me it's what else is in the building that often adds intrigue. I'd naturally say an older building, but if you explored a new building with lots of furniture etc to look at that could be more interesting than a completely empty old one.

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! It’s very relative - some specific items of furniture can add a lot of character to a place, such as beds in a hospital.

Lots of older buildings have modernised interiors so it's interesting to see the drop ceilings and false walls falling away when abandoned, revealing older features. People must appreciate the style of these older buildings as so many of them seem to get repurposed as accommodation (see Urbandoned vids on Haslar, Clitheroe and maybe one day St Thomas'). The modern concrete block style of public building ( not hospitals but check vids on Borough Police Station & Wakefield Police Training Academy) get flattened for new housing. So modern is great to watch in a scrapped, trashed state but seeing older abandonments reminds people of design which should be preserved.

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

It’s always nice to see some concealed details hidden by fake walls and drop down ceilings. It’s sad that such architecture isn’t appreciated anymore and modern, efficient buildings have took over.

the old time buildings are most interesting, with some lovely designed features , bet all the locks and handles ect was brass.

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

They probably are yes, we agree the older buildings are much more fascinating

Older buildings with original features. It's sad to see classic styles being totally erased by modern Architecture

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

It’s weird to think that in a few hundred years, buildings like this will probably be very scarce!

Ace video lads

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it mate

I think this would be a perfect restoration project for a really big block of flats Housing crisis sorted

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed but it would be a strange place for flats with the hospital positioned around them.

older buildings any day of the week they have a lot more style thn th box design of new buildings also i think older buildings ware built a lot better and work man took pride in there work a lot more then today

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly - people cared a whole lot more when they crafted old structures compared to ones that are built to function nowadays.

This hospital crazy!! Where this from? The mental hospital we went was crappy lmao

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a stunning place in terms of its architecture, but we have definitely seen better

Pity the data protection act doesnt apply to paper records would love to see the NHS get hit with a whopping fine for all the records its left abandoned and open

Nice video 👌

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@unepetitemontagne

3 жыл бұрын

@@Urbandoned you're welcome 😉

I much prefer the older hospitals as they remind me of the ones I worked in during the 90’s. They definitely weren’t referred to as inmates! more often clients or service users. The workshop area may have been Occupational Therapy, where service users gained and developed skills for the community or employment.

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

So do we! According to data we were researching, patients here would have been called inmates in the early 1990s, but this term would’ve dispersed as we gain a better understanding of mental health over time.

@gripplehound

3 жыл бұрын

Urbandoned I’ve never known service users to be known as inmates. And in the 80’s/90’s even the term patient was on the way out in learning disabilities. This was due to the realisation that people with leaning disabilities were not ‘ill’ and therefore weren’t being ‘treated’. Obviously different from mental health though. I would have loved to have seen Severalls before it was developed. That would’ve been an awesome explore!!

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Apologies, in my previous comment I meant to type 1900s rather than 1990s. Severalls was a classic asylum explore and one we would have also loved to have seen!

I suppose, when it comes to hospitals there tends to be something of a cut-off, since certain features are a necessity in healthcare. I don’t imagine we would ever see a hospital building older than maybe two hundred years that hasn’t been heavily modernised and renovated. I’m a huge fan of old architecture. I love Victorian buildings and anything older, but it makes me really sad to see them falling apart. All that history just being left alone to slowly disintegrate. I’m lucky enough to work in a building that’s nearly 200 years old and happens to be beautifully ornate and fancy. I can’t help but smile when I look at my work, but to think of it sitting unused breaks my heart. There were also approximately four old-style abandoned hospitals in the area I grew up in. I loved walking around the outside of them to take pictures, even if I was too scared to go in. Apart from one, they have all now either been torn down completely or refurbished into expensive housing. I’m glad they’re not sitting unused, but I do miss the real aura of mystery and history they had. I’m not a huge fan of newer-style abandoned buildings. They are nice to see and they make me just as thoughtful and sad as their older counterparts, but the adult in my gets annoyed about the wastefulness. If a building is less than maybe 50 years old, I instinctively get annoyed if it’s being left to rot. Unless there’s a health risk like Asbestos it feels like a building that new could be repurposed and given new life. But maybe that’s why I’m not in charge of the U.K. economy.

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

This is a great response, thank you for sharing! You’re lucky to be working in a place that sounds so ornate but preserved. It’s sad it isn’t the same for many buildings with nice architecture and old heritage today.

@ApollodoraTheExplora

3 жыл бұрын

@@Urbandoned There are just so many old, abandoned buildings now, and every time I see one I want to win the lottery so I can buy and rennovate it properly.

There's orbs floating around 😯

@jean-lucpicard5510

2 жыл бұрын

Dust.

That part of the hospital has certainly been abandoned for some time not sure about its right for medical records just to left like you found them

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

We think at least a decade if not more. Medical records shouldn’t be left in an abandoned building!

Where was this?

Imagine the asbestos in there

If you look at modern architecture it's become a lot more simpler and no one really worries about how things look in such detail. In older buildings 18th 19th century everything has to look good. every bracket, every Gerda, every light fitting had time spent on it to make it look good. Today everything is done for cost and not for how it looks. Its opposite to when you first learn to draw, at first you draw stick men that's a very simple with very little detail. (Modern day architecture) As you get better, the detail gets better until you are painting a roof of a Cathedral. 😂. This it's like 18th and 19th century. I know why things are done this way but I do prefer older architecture. I really don't like is older architecture being knocked down for Modern buildings.

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment - you are spot on!

Old design hospitals look better

@Urbandoned

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!