[arthur bithell]

Wow reading through this makes me home sick. i was born in the staff houses at brockhall in 1957 and lived there til 1978. knew about a third of the names mantioned in this thread. know every nook and cranny of the place as kids do and the gossip. used to have great parties there at christmas. used to work in the kitchen and laundry also spent lots of my youth with the local fire engine. I remember the queens golden jubilee they cut the drinks price in the club to 25% and we stayed ****ed all week until they put it back up again. drunken bodys could be found any where day or night. i remember the lady who did the morning shift in the staff kitchen. She was supposed to wake up any one sleeping it off in the room near there. she was bright red as she kept finding naked people. they were the days. lots of young nurses will to go the full 9 yards.