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Alan Gilmartin 03-08-2004 23:55
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Anyone who worked at Brockhall in the 60s. I worked in the staff kitchen. To name a few. Charlie Jungbluth, ( catering Officer ), Martin Briggs, David Jones, Jack Asprey, Harry Hargraeves, Harry Buckley, Allan Wearden. Many other names, but see how many others we get. I know Its an Accy forum, but there was an hell of a lot of people who worked there from Accy.

Doug 04-08-2004 00:15
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Hi Alan, not what you’re looking for I know. My dad worked at Brockhall in the late 70s and early 80s then on to Calderstones. His name was Alan Douglas. RGN. He was 65 years old when he died, in 1998.

My grandfather was at Queens Park as a hospital porter in the late 50 and 60s. He died there as patient in 1969. He was Tommy “Thomas” Douglas. He was 61 years old.

I was an Auxiliary up at Rossall before becoming a Professional Social Care Advisor, I’m 45 now. It doesn’t look to promising does it…….

mez 04-08-2004 08:43
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hi, alan, i knew sister green who was at brock, & jaqie& david currie, jax worked on the wards & david in the accounts dept. jax came from clayton le moors?

keith 04-08-2004 21:12
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my whole family as connections with brockhall in the sixties my mother in law prudence birtwistle was some sort of head in the staff canteen my sister in law margaret was in the sewing room her husband gordon an electrician they lived in a brockhall house My wifes twin sisters also worked there ann & lynn and not forgetting my wife she worked in the laundry On my side my brothers wife jean jackson was a house mother also there daughter janette was a nurse there a beautiful girl who unfortunately died at the early age of 27 years the whole of brockhall attended her funeral at accrington cemetery for what was for our family a very sad day thats the lot on the family side but a good friend of ours was in the gatehouse john grantham now deceasedhis daughter who died young whilst giving birth was our eldest daughters best friend

Alan Gilmartin 05-08-2004 23:37
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Thanks, everybody. Doug, my dad would have known your dad, he worked at calder in the late, 70s and 80s, mum & dad are now in there 80s and live in Blackburn.Mez, what was jackies maiden name, Currie rings a bell, there was a guy called currie who worked in the kitchens at calderstones, he still lives in Whalley, he keeps in touch with a guy called Harry Finch, he now lives in California. Keith, Mrs Birtwistle, uesd to put the fear of god in me, a very stern woman, she ran the mess hall like a drill sergent.What were all the surnames of the people you mentioned.Also Mrs Birtwistle, had twin daughters, Lyn & Icant remember the others name, good looking girls, is Mrs B still living ?.Other names that come to mind, Jimmy Mare, Mick Morgan, Mr & Mrs Brady (nursing ). Frank Jones. Vernon Brodrick, Gina Gundrie.

mez 06-08-2004 07:33
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hi alan, it was jackie stubbs, worked broadleys till they got married, then went to brock, had twins & a boy & a girl. no david worked in the offices , one of her sons is a chef but didnt work at brock to young // :wave: yes she was from the bottom end of clayton im sure youd know her.

keith 07-08-2004 21:10
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Hi Alan First the bad news Prudence Birtwistle died 2years ago aged 96 and lynn one of the twins died earlier this year aged 54 her ashes now lie in whalley churchyard along side her mother and a elder sister elaine who also died quite young, Lynn had suffered many years first confined to a wheelchair then the last years totally bedridden with MS her twin sister ann lives in Lancaster My sister and brother in law who lived on the brockhall estate were called wilkinson Gordon a brockhall electrician was a popular member of the social club as was all the birtwistle family I myself with the wife attended many parties and gettogethers there I have probably met you there because at one time we where always there that included all the birtwistle family and you are probably aware they were a very large family and everyone went what ever was on Unfortunely gordon died of leukaemia many years ago and margaret my sister in law now lives with donald her brother in barrow nr clitheroe in there mothers old house Did any of the other names click with you from the jackson side re Jean or janette or john grantham the security man on the gatehouse now deceased I will ask round the family to see if any one as any photos of any brockhall club events taken in the sixties

l.d.flooring-solutions 07-08-2004 22:20
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my dad was at brockhall. he is chief planner at the council now. my sister was there and she runs the council tax department. im glad all worked out well for them.

l.d.flooring-solutions 07-08-2004 22:21
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Originally Posted by keith
Hi Alan First the bad news Prudence Birtwistle died 2years ago aged 96 and lynn one of the twins died earlier this year aged 54 her ashes now lie in whalley churchyard along side her mother and a elder sister elaine who also died quite young, Lynn had suffered many years first confined to a wheelchair then the last years totally bedridden with MS her twin sister ann lives in Lancaster My sister and brother in law who lived on the brockhall estate were called wilkinson Gordon a brockhall electrician was a popular member of the social club as was all the birtwistle family I myself with the wife attended many parties and gettogethers there I have probably met you there because at one time we where always there that included all the birtwistle family and you are probably aware they were a very large family and everyone went what ever was on Unfortunely gordon died of leukaemia many years ago and margaret my sister in law now lives with donald her brother in barrow nr clitheroe in there mothers old house Did any of the other names click with you from the jackson side re Jean or janette or john grantham the security man on the gatehouse now deceased I will ask round the family to see if any one as any photos of any brockhall club events taken in the sixties
if you were always there........it makes you a in mate.

Pheonixx 08-08-2004 22:28
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Thank you for bringing the memories back for me I enjoyed my years of working and living on the staff estate..Brookside.
[QUOTEOn my side my brothers wife jean jackson was a house mother also there daughter janette was a nurse there a beautiful girl who unfortunately died at the early age of 27 years ]
Yes I do remember Janette she was a lovely person and a very good freind of a lovely lady who also died of the same illness Stella Smith.
I also knew John grantham and I was unaware he had died..that is so sad I remember when the daughter died and having a conversation with him about bringing up the grandchild that was a lot of years ago now and I have wondered how that all panned out..that child will be getting on a bit now..I was married to a guy whos mum and her husband ran the social club but sadly Wendy died again of cancer about 4 years back..she was a smashing mum in law.
On a lighter note I knew Mick Morgan we used to call him the mayor of Brookside..and to the person whos dad is a planner ,was he a planner at brockhall.. was he called John by any chance and had been in a group many years ago..Linda

Alan Gilmartin 09-08-2004 00:39
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Very sad to hear about Lyn Birtwistle, they were lovely girls, Mrs Birtwistle, well, 96 yrs, her favourite saying was I cant see wood fer trees, I remember there council house in Barrow. I remember david Currie, Mez, I sold him a fishing rod.I remember Gordon and Janette's funeral. Can anyone recall the name of the steward in the soical club, he used to run a pub in Blackburn, I think his name was Harry, he ran it with his daughter. Other names, Pat Price, Mr Lawrence, ( the top man ) At that time there were a lot of Spanish workers there, I believe Manual, one of them works at the dog Inn, in Whalley still. Roy Howarth, and his dad worked and lived there. The Christmas's at Brockhall were fantastic, they went to a lot of trouble, with the decorations and the food, big buffets, mainly for the nobs, mayors of local councils and all that. In those days money was no object, I dont think they had heard of budgets, as for staff, well, probably three times as many than today. It was a happy place. When I finaly left, a chap called Harrey Hargraves, could'nt believe it, he said why would you want to leave Brockhall, you Have a job for life here, a lot of the staff though that way, they were very insituionalised.I lernt a hell of a lot there but it was time to move on, or get like them. But as it turned out they closed it anyway.

Alan Gilmartin 09-08-2004 00:46
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By the way people dont give too much away in there profiles, cloak & dagger, whats up doc?.

Doug 09-08-2004 01:17
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Anyone remember Juile Reynolds. She was their at the end of the 70s, early 80s.

Mik Dickinson 09-08-2004 07:26
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Me wife worked there until 1988.Amanda Broadley now Dickinson.She remembers s lad from up Fern Gore called Tracy Scammel

Alan Gilmartin 24-08-2004 09:17
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Heres, a story,there was a cook at Brockhall, who did the evenig shift, knocking off at 8pm. He and his wife ran a fish & chip shop in Clayton, bottom end somewhere, befor he left work at the end of his shift, he used to throw a couple of sacks of spuds in the back of his car, to keep his chippy going, he'd been doing it for years, untill somebody dobed him in, the catering officer and his assistant, waited for him one night in the stores and he was sprung. they could only get him for two bags, but he had been doing it for years, he said he had made a fortune at the chippy, so when they sacked him. he retired. I think the sacks of spuds wieghed about 2 cwt, in those days. whats that in Kgs.

JohnW 24-08-2004 11:04
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JohnW 24-08-2004 11:05
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2 cwt. - that would be just over a hundred Kgs.

baz270 01-12-2004 21:19
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Hi
My name is Barry Talbot, I worked as a cook there in 1969 or 1970, Youngbluf was still catering manager and I seem to recall the name Alan Buckley as well. I think a friend of mine from college also worked their later he was called Nigel Hall.

Alan Gilmartin 03-12-2004 21:38
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I remember Nigel Hall, and Harry Buckley. Nigel went on to work at Calderstones, then left to work on the Isle of Man, where he was murdered, tied up and stabbed, 1970s. Hope it is the same Nigel Im thinking about. Charlie Jungbluth used to do a bit of part time teaching at Blackburn Tech, thats how I got the job at Brockhall.

Alan Gilmartin 16-12-2004 06:44
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Sorry Baz, I had the wrong Nigel, Remember, any of these names, Martin Briggs, Roy Howarth, Allan Wearden, Jack Asprey, Dave Jones, Frank Jones, Kitchen porter Albert ( spanish ) , Harry Hargreaves,

jose 05-07-2005 23:04
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hello Barry I Remember you working at the time in main Kitchen. Nigel Hall he came back to work at Brockhall as a Cook and them he become Assistant Head Chef and he was still working till 1988 and he was married and he has a son,
and for all worked in Brockhall I like to sent my regards i work at Brockhall since 1965 till 1988 and a was live at the state of Larkhill cottages in fat next to K.Bonney and I had photos of Wendy and her son and husband and many more I work 15 years on Main Kitchen, 4 years as assistant Nurse on Nights. and 4 years on staff Kitchen on Nigths, and 5 years on staff Kitchen on days. next time I will tell you more. I had good Pictures of Brockhall all the best for everyone who remembers My Name is TOMMY LOPEZ

removal-man 06-07-2005 13:06
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Originally Posted by jose
hello Barry I Remember you working at the time in main Kitchen. Nigel Hall he came back to work at Brockhall as a Cook and them he become Assistant Head Chef and he was still working till 1988 and he was married and he has a son,
and for all worked in Brockhall I like to sent my regards i work at Brockhall since 1965 till 1988 and a was live at the state of Larkhill cottages in fat next to K.Bonney and I had photos of Wendy and her son and husband and many more I work 15 years on Main Kitchen, 4 years as assistant Nurse on Nights. and 4 years on staff Kitchen on Nigths, and 5 years on staff Kitchen on days. next time I will tell you more. I had good Pictures of Brockhall all the best for everyone who remembers My Name is TOMMY LOPEZ
i was a patient there, the food was crap, were you the cook? where do you live? im taking medication so im allowed out.

jose 06-07-2005 16:24
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Hello one again, ANY ONE CAN HELP ME TRYINGTO FIND A PICTURE OF BROCKHALL any one can tell me where I can get it.
here are few names I remember from those days, Joe Sparkling (Lodge) and Wife Monica.(Sister) Harry Harrison( Lodge) Austin Morris , James Nuttal (Charge Nurse) Harry Rogers Painters. Carl Ross C.Nurse, J.Stacey. Tommy Warden.Ken Wrigley. Mrs.Robinson. Mr.gaule.Mrs Evans. Jymmy thistlethawaite mr.A Lunan. I.conchie . many more a can mentioned best wishes to you all: I do not if you had any forum for Chat best regards Tommy L

jose 11-07-2005 20:06
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Now all of you can see how real I´m thanks all of you if anything you need here I´m

Tommy lopez

apest1 11-07-2005 20:50
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i worked in the greenhouse, at the bottom of the hill in the mid 80s for about 12 months, i remember cuting tuff off the tenis courts and the long walk up to dinner....

pendy 13-07-2005 16:15
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Don't know any of the staff, but I certainly remember some patients we got at BRI when I was nursing. If a patient from Brock or Calderstones needed hospital care, or a surgical procedure, they were dumped onto an open ward, and everyone had to cope as best they could. It made for interesting times! - I can remember one dear soul who ate a whole plate of mince and potatoes, fed spoon by spoon by yours truly, then she smiled sweetly and blew the whole lot back all over me. I didn't eat mince for a long time .....

My mother was at Calderstones during the war, when it was a military hospital. She told me that they herded all the usual patients into one area, and used the rest for casualties. Must have been fun.

flashy 13-02-2007 10:50
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i know this is a very old thread but both my parents and most of my family worked at brockhall in the 60s/70s....just thought i'd add that one ;)

Doug 13-02-2007 13:54
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Originally Posted by flashytart (Post 382904)
i know this is a very old thread but both my parents and most of my family worked at brockhall in the 60s/70s....just thought i'd add that one ;)

And did you ask?

Tinkerbelle 13-02-2007 13:58
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....... and I'll just add that my grandma, Glenis Thomas, was a Sister at Brockhall then Calderstones after Brockhalls closure :)

flashy 13-02-2007 14:03
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Originally Posted by Doug (Post 382946)
And did you ask?


my god daddy where the hell did you appear from? i thought you where dead.....i havent spoken to him since november so no i aint asked yet :D

Doug 13-02-2007 14:05
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Originally Posted by flashytart (Post 382950)
my god daddy where the hell did you appear from? i thought you where dead.....i havent spoken to him since november so no i aint asked yet :D
I'm close enough to give you a slap, so behave. Don't you think it's time to have a chat with him.

flashy 13-02-2007 14:08
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nope, he knows where i live (it aint hard really is it)

Doug 13-02-2007 14:10
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Originally Posted by flashytart (Post 382957)
nope, he knows where i live (it aint hard really is it)
Well it shouldn't be. Try it and see.

flashy 13-02-2007 14:12
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no no no no no no no no NO

flashy 04-04-2007 21:49
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pheonixx (Post 75709)
Thank you for bringing the memories back for me I enjoyed my years of working and living on the staff estate..Brookside.
[QUOTEOn my side my brothers wife jean jackson was a house mother also there daughter janette was a nurse there a beautiful girl who unfortunately died at the early age of 27 years ]
Yes I do remember Janette she was a lovely person and a very good freind of a lovely lady who also died of the same illness Stella Smith.
I also knew John grantham and I was unaware he had died..that is so sad I remember when the daughter died and having a conversation with him about bringing up the grandchild that was a lot of years ago now and I have wondered how that all panned out..that child will be getting on a bit now..I was married to a guy whos mum and her husband ran the social club but sadly Wendy died again of cancer about 4 years back..she was a smashing mum in law.
On a lighter note I knew Mick Morgan we used to call him the mayor of Brookside..and to the person whos dad is a planner ,was he a planner at brockhall.. was he called John by any chance and had been in a group many years ago..Linda


here i go again bringing back an old thread :D unfortunately mick morgan is my uncle (married my mums sister) my mum and aunt and my dad all used to work there too....colleen morgan, maralynne mclean(sillitoe) albert sillitoe, lesley marsden (walmsley) rodger walmsley and peela who used to live on brookside, i know quite a few of them

russell 17-11-2007 11:09
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Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin (Post 74692)
Anyone who worked at Brockhall in the 60s. I worked in the staff kitchen. To name a few. Charlie Jungbluth, ( catering Officer ), Martin Briggs, David Jones, Jack Asprey, Harry Hargraeves, Harry Buckley, Allan Wearden. Many other names, but see how many others we get. I know Its an Accy forum, but there was an hell of a lot of people who worked there from Accy.
I worked in the Staff kitchen from 1959-1960 under the notorious Mr. Jungbluth, Paddy Doyle, Davy jones and Harry Buckley(the nicest guy I ever worked with, so helpful) I was 16 and worked an 11hr day from 6am-5pm, Mon-Friday, and Sat. am, 6am?-12 noon. I transferred to the Nursing side as a Cadet Nurse(mr Jungbluth probs.) and when Iwas 17 went on Ivywood where I really enjoyed myself.
Russell

cashman 17-11-2007 12:39
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this brings back a few memories, not of staff,but blokes who had been released,a few lived in the same lodging house as me "Black Annies" on Birtwistle st, two of them were " Brickyard" Walter, and "Pervy Neville" definatly not the full shilling, but very friendly guys,would do out for you,Walter passed away many years ago, never knew what happened to Neville. this was mid 60s.

cdean 23-12-2007 08:51
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Can anyone help!! My uncle (whom i have only just found out about) was instituionalised in Brockhall Hospital as a child. Around 1945ish and lived there till his death in 2004, aged 65years. His name was Henry Collier. Does anyone remember him, i have found one picture of him in his later life and he was quite tall, good build, dark hair and looked a really nice man. i know very little about him or why he was sent there, how can i get any more information about him? also does anyone know where inmates were moved to in 1994 when the hospitaal was closed or how i can find that out? i am his next living relative, so i have next of kin rights i assume to his records, i just don't know how to go about finding them. did any staff remember him? i only wish i'd know 3 years ago so that i could have visited him.

flashy 23-12-2007 08:55
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some of the patients where moved into the community, i used to look after some of them at Altham care home in clayton (dont recall his name though) some where looked after by Hyndburn core and cluster where my dad and sister used to work(they had there own little homes in the community) other than that i havent a clue, hope you find out soon what happened to him, good luck

cdean 23-12-2007 09:01
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Originally Posted by flashytart (Post 506716)
some of the patients where moved into the community, i used to look after some of them at Altham care home in clayton (dont recall his name though) some where looked after by Hyndburn core and cluster where my dad and sister used to work(they had there own little homes in the community) other than that i havent a clue, hope you find out soon what happened to him, good luck
Thankyou for responding. i know he died 3 years ago, really sad that a child was put 'away' and forgot about for almost 60years, i really want to find out why and when he was put 'away'. by distant family rumours i'm told that really there was nothing wrong with him and he didn't need to be hospitalised. very frustrating indeed!

lancsdave 23-12-2007 09:02
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Originally Posted by cdean (Post 506714)
Can anyone help!! My uncle (whom i have only just found out about) was instituionalised in Brockhall Hospital as a child. Around 1945ish and lived there till his death in 2004, aged 65years. His name was Henry Collier. Does anyone remember him, i have found one picture of him in his later life and he was quite tall, good build, dark hair and looked a really nice man. i know very little about him or why he was sent there, how can i get any more information about him? also does anyone know where inmates were moved to in 1994 when the hospitaal was closed or how i can find that out? i am his next living relative, so i have next of kin rights i assume to his records, i just don't know how to go about finding them. did any staff remember him? i only wish i'd know 3 years ago so that i could have visited him.

According to this link you need to contact the records office in Preston;

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flashy 23-12-2007 09:03
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cdean you could also try social services in Blackburn (or lancs county council) some of my family look after ex brockhall patients in blackburn too (in the community)

cdean 23-12-2007 09:05
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Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 506722)
According to this link you need to contact the records office in Preston;

Body
thanks again, will get onto that asap. will keep my fingers crossed, iwant to find his resting place too. so much to do and so little info to go off. bless him and all others who were misundersttod :)

flashy 23-12-2007 09:05
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thats a good find Dave, i'll have to show my dad that

Lone 06-01-2008 23:54
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Is there anyone out there who knows anything about a man Tom Hindle. He worked att Brokhall Hospital 1954-1955 maybe longer. He will be about 75 years old now. He lived in Blackburn. My mother, born in Denmark worked there at the same time. Her name is Inge Petersen. I know that Tom had a friend George Garett there. George's father worked at the gate or entrence to the hospital. Please kontakt me if you know anything about Tom.

Lone

Alan Gilmartin 12-05-2008 00:06
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Have a look at this, hope you have more names to add& memories.

E-J Anderson 04-08-2008 12:14
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Hi, my names Emma i'm 16. I found out recently my Grandma worked at Brockhall. Only i don't know when she worked there. all i know is she was a nurse, my dad doesn't remember much about her working there, she died when he was 13 so i can't ask her. When i found out where she worked i thought it was so interesting, i want to know some stories, the history anything about Brockhall. I feel like there is so much i won't know about her and about what she did so thats why i've spent the past two weeks searching. My grandmas name was Mary Kenmuir it could have been Mary Anderson at the time, i don't know when she got divorced. She was normally known as May and she had three children, Linda, Anne and Gordon. I don't know if my dad or my Auntie Anne was born at the time she worked there. My dad is the youngest by 13 years, and there is two years between my Auntie Anne and Auntie Linday i think. My dad told me there were rumours of the hospital being haunted, my grandmas reply was how would you know. I found it all interesting, please if any one knows of her, or would be kind enough to share your stories of working in the hospital i would be so greatful. If you could PM me that would be even better. Thank you so much.
Emma.

Alan Gilmartin 05-08-2008 09:49
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Do you live localy.

arthur bithell 09-10-2008 11:42
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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.

arthur bithell 09-10-2008 11:56
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Re....Can anyone help!! My uncle (whom i have only just found out about) was instituionalised in Brockhall Hospital as a child. Around 1945ish and lived there till his death in 2004, aged 65years. His name was Henry Collier.

GO to friends united and find brockhall hospital. lots of ex staff have there names down ask your questions there.
From asking the same questions about some of the inmates i found out that if doctors of the day found out that a child had a problem they told the parents that the best thing to do is to put them in to the hospital and just forget about them. so people did. Also some kids were put there suspected of a problem but as they grew older they were found to be just slow not stupid (sorry for puttin it this way). but as they were now in the system they got used to it so prefered to stay. they were instititionalised as they say. this is a big reason why these places had to close.

Alan Gilmartin 10-10-2008 07:31
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The Steward at the Club in the 60s Aarthur, was it Harry and his daughter Violet. Do you remember Mrs Birtwistle. in the Staff Mess Hall.

arthur bithell 10-10-2008 11:45
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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.

flashy 10-10-2008 12:04
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lol, poor Russell i know him and his father extremely well, also know his step mum Lesley Walmsley (was Marsden when she worked at Brock) if you know Russell then you will probably know the Morgans too Arthur, i'm related to them, i hate admitting that though

arthur bithell 15-10-2008 11:44
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that probably means i know you. So give us a hint. Age did you live there etc.
Do not know his step mums name but his sister was called Lesley. i remember Russell and i broke her sholder when she was six giving her a (leg and a wing) swing.

flashy 15-10-2008 16:36
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lol, you wont know me, i didnt live around there, but like i said, i'm related to the Morgans

Alan Gilmartin 16-10-2008 08:20
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I knew Mick Morgan, & Jimmy Mare, used to drink with them. I think Mick's still around. My dad says Manuel is a cook at the Dog Inn, Whalley. Dicks still living in Clitheroe.

flashy 16-10-2008 14:51
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yes Mick Morgan is still around, although he's my uncle i can't stand the bloke

my mum used to work at Brock too, Maralynne Mclean (Sillitoe)

Alan Gilmartin 17-10-2008 07:59
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Its been 40 years since I last saw Mick he was a smart ass then, so maybe he has'nt changed. Your uncle you say, you cant help bad luck. The only reason he would remember me is that I threw up all over his brand new suit in the Ace of Spades Club in Whalley, he wanted to kill me but I was too quick for him, I ran to the toilets climbed out the window and down a drain pipe , then kept out if his way for a couple of weeks.

flashy 17-10-2008 08:11
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words cant describe how much i despise that horrible man, i've never liked him since i was 8 and he told me i was greedy because i was eating too much salad at a family do

im thankfully only related to him by marriage, he married my mums sister Colleen, who i also despise, she's a money grabbing old witch

Neil 17-10-2008 08:15
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Families, don't you just love 'em?

flashy 17-10-2008 08:17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil (Post 642021)
Families, don't you just love 'em?

erm, lemme think......NO!!!!

Alan Gilmartin 17-10-2008 09:32
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Ok, we wont mention him ever again, there are better things to talk about, but must say, I cant think of a better man to spew on can you,

flashy 17-10-2008 09:35
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you did a great job Alan, have some good karma for puking on that evil man ;)

paulbes 11-11-2008 15:14
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Hi, I worked at Brockhall from 1965 to 1970 in the path. lab, always travelling by motorbike as the busses took ages via Blackburn. Phillip Grindrod was the boss and others working there then included Bill Briggs. I can still recite the names of the male and female wards with flower and tree names going round in alphabetical order. An Austrian psychiatrist called Kratter was the medical Director. My father (Percy Beswick) worked there for 25 years (about 1956 to 1974) and was a charge nurse on Firwood. He started the public sector union (NUPE then) and was branch secretary for years. I also knew Mick Morgan.

flashy 11-11-2008 15:34
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are you from Accrington originally Paul?

derekgas 11-11-2008 15:43
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I have worked at what I think used to be Brockhall hospital, if it is now called science in sport, we look after there boilers etc. :D

kinsey 06-12-2009 23:37
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I was born in brockhall hospital my mother was in there a lot of years her name was betty kinsey does anyone remember her ? thank you

Alan Gilmartin 07-12-2009 04:28
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What time span,

kinsey 01-03-2010 12:19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin (Post 768072)
What time span,
if this was to me i was born on the 10th march 1955 in brockhall hospital my mother stayed there i think till 1980's.

flashy 01-03-2010 14:12
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paulbes (Post 649583)
Hi, I worked at Brockhall from 1965 to 1970 in the path. lab, always travelling by motorbike as the busses took ages via Blackburn. Phillip Grindrod was the boss and others working there then included Bill Briggs. I can still recite the names of the male and female wards with flower and tree names going round in alphabetical order. An Austrian psychiatrist called Kratter was the medical Director. My father (Percy Beswick) worked there for 25 years (about 1956 to 1974) and was a charge nurse on Firwood. He started the public sector union (NUPE then) and was branch secretary for years. I also knew Mick Morgan.
yes i know this is an old post


my dad (Albert Sillitoe) knew your father

Alan Gilmartin 02-03-2010 04:27
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Paul, did you have a sister, who worked in the Mess Hall,

martin01 02-04-2010 09:24
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hello Alan!
if you 'belted out' Jimmy Ruffin's great number 'What becomes of the lonely hearted' whilst pub crawling, driving around the Ribble Valley circa 1965 - who would have been your fellow passenger??
ME of course
Martin Briggs
Get in touch Alan for a good chinwag
(who stuck the effigy of Charlie Yungbluth on the top of the water tower in the Brockhall grounds - did 'they' ever find out??)

martin01 02-04-2010 09:27
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Alan - you can also communicate at --
[email protected]

turkishdelight 02-04-2010 12:05
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paulbes (Post 649583)
Hi, I worked at Brockhall from 1965 to 1970 in the path. lab, always travelling by motorbike as the busses took ages via Blackburn. Phillip Grindrod was the boss and others working there then included Bill Briggs. I can still recite the names of the male and female wards with flower and tree names going round in alphabetical order. An Austrian psychiatrist called Kratter was the medical Director. My father (Percy Beswick) worked there for 25 years (about 1956 to 1974) and was a charge nurse on Firwood. He started the public sector union (NUPE then) and was branch secretary for years. I also knew Mick Morgan.
I have known DR. Kratter most of my life he was married to my mums friend,sadly he died last year. He was married to Valerie who was a ward sister at Brockhall. Does anyone remember Martin O'Connell he worked on nights years ago dont know what became of him.

brianb 06-04-2010 12:06
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hi alan heres a few more brian flynn, ken bonney, dave jones, paddy doyle, bernard lee, cliff hancock, vernon brodrick, dick ecclestine harry buckley manny jimmy mare we did a lot off drinking to gether i lived at 2 the drive

flashy 06-04-2010 17:46
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Jimmy Mare lived on Brookside didn't he?

Alan Gilmartin 07-04-2010 06:08
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Flashy, does, jimmy still live around these parts ?. you could always ask your favourite uncle Mick, Ha HA.

flashy 07-04-2010 08:09
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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
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did you ask your dad flashy

flashy 20-06-2010 12:14
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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, if you're on Facebook take a look at this page Brockhall Hospital, Old Langho. | Facebook...

Alan Gilmartin 13-08-2010 01:30
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Thanks Flashy will do,

Mrpippin 01-04-2011 16:41
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Quote:
Originally Posted by arthur bithell (Post 639905)
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
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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
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was she a patient or did she work there?

garyhegarty 19-10-2011 16:45
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she was a patient

groove 21-10-2011 14:50
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Groove was a patient at Brockhall in the 80's.

steve2qec 21-10-2011 15:32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by groove (Post 941288)
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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Quote:
Originally Posted by groove (Post 941288)
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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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve2qec (Post 941307)
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

steve2qec 21-10-2011 18:48
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As long as they keep taking their medication....

jaysay 21-10-2011 19:10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve2qec (Post 941380)
As long as they keep taking their medication....
Obviously one of um isn't steve;)

groove 21-10-2011 19:16
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Groove remembers Jaysay from when he was admitted to the unit and is glad Jaysay made a complete recovery


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