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Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
homeraway #752480 22nd Dec 2012 9:58pm
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I was there as a psychiatric patient in the 70's,Oh how I miss those nice, snug, warm strait-jackets,happy days!
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Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
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Originally Posted by ludwigvan
I was there as a psychiatric patient in the 70's,Oh how I miss those nice, snug, warm strait-jackets,happy days!

sure you weren't at clatterbridge, that's the main inpatient bit, i don't think St. Cath's psych inpatients was much more than temporary...
Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
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Regardless, I do not think that Psychiartry is a laughing matter.
Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
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Psychiartry ??
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Originally Posted by RUDEBOX
Regardless, I do not think that Psychiartry is a laughing matter.
Please accept my apologies if I have offended your delicate sensibilities,that was never my intention.Anyway,must dash,it's time for my medication.
Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
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Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
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Originally Posted by mikethetrainman
What a shame, i spent a bit of time in there in 1966 with pneumonia as a six year old kid..
(sorry i meant to say) back then the dr,s nurses & staff they were all very kind and looked after me, just never enough words to say THANK YOU for what you did for me...x.

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Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
homeraway #752528 23rd Dec 2012 12:28pm
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A bit off topic

Is/was there a Psychiatric ward at Arrowe Park Hospital.
I'm sure I've visited patients there as well as at St Caths and Clatterbridge.
I remember one of our drivers used to say after being in one " I've got a certificate? to prove I'm not mad.Can you prove you're not?"

re Psychiartry ?? post
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, of mental disorders.

I'm sure rudebox meant mental disorders are not to be laughed about, although for all we know the statement by ludwigvan may well be true
ALL the world is mad except me and thee, and sometimes I suspect thee


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Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
homeraway #752687 24th Dec 2012 10:12am
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Should it not be spelt PSYCHIATRY?
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Originally Posted by Tatey
Should it not be spelt PSYCHIATRY?

Well spotted tatey- I'd only took in the PSYCHI as being correctly spelt
Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
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Originally Posted by derekdwc
A bit off topic

Is/was there a Psychiatric ward at Arrowe Park Hospital.
I'm sure I've visited patients there as well as at St Caths and Clatterbridge.
I remember one of our drivers used to say after being in one " I've got a certificate? to prove I'm not mad.Can you prove you're not?"

re Psychiartry ?? post
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, of mental disorders.

I'm sure rudebox meant mental disorders are not to be laughed about, although for all we know the statement by ludwigvan may well be true
ALL the world is mad except me and thee, and sometimes I suspect thee



there IS a psych dept. at APH, notably Liaison Psych which is part of A&E but there is one psych ward at APH, not sure what ward it is though, and it's not a secure unit of any kind, it's "very low secure" if you wanted a type
Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
mikethetrainman #753859 1st Jan 2013 2:20am
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Great Pics guys...

I had a wander up there to take a few of my own shots..

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Re: last parts of St Catherine's hospital come down
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Never noticed before what appears to be an all glass?looking top of a building in your 1st pic.

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I was also born there Steiner frown 01.11.1980 - don't know what weight or time though and my mother probably doesn't know either haha
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