{"id":699,"date":"2013-01-29T18:39:56","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T18:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/?p=699"},"modified":"2015-05-28T16:39:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T16:39:50","slug":"urbex-whittingham-insane-asylum-goosnargh-lancashire-september-2012-part-2-revisit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/2013\/01\/29\/urbex-whittingham-insane-asylum-goosnargh-lancashire-september-2012-part-2-revisit\/","title":{"rendered":"Urbex: Whittingham Insane Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire – September 2012 Part 2 (Revisit)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Room with a view<\/p><\/div>\n

Before we crack on with part 2 of the photos from with report I did a little bit more digging and got a bit more history on the place. Also if you haven’t already seen\u00a0Part 1<\/a>\u00a0of this explore click\u00a0here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

More History<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Whittingham Asylum aka Whittingham Lunatic Asylum aka Whittingham Mental Hospital Was separated into a number of divisions the most notorious being the subject of a large and public enquiry relating to various forms of patient abuse, theft of property and money as well as lack of book keeping which resulted in thousands of pounds of unaccounted for funds. There are records of Patients being beaten, locked out in the grounds in all types of weather, locked in bathrooms and cupboards under stairs. On ward 3, a male ward, the main allegation was that there were incidents of the “wet towel treatment”; this involved twisting a wet towel or bed sheet round a patients neck until the patient lost conciousness. Patients were also alleged to have been seen to be punched and locked in a storeroom. On ward S2, another male ward, it was alleged that two male nurses had poured methylated spirits into the slippers of one patient and into the dressing gown pocket of another, and set them alight.<\/p>\n

The history isn’t all bad though, Asylums on the whole were generally good places for the patients to be and it is but a few horror storeys which taint the history of some of these places. Staff at Whittingham in particular Dr C S Parker and Mr Charles Breakall produced the worlds first EEG (Electroencephalography) machine which records electrical activity along the scalp measuring voltage fluctuations resulting from ionic current flows within the neurons of the brain.<\/p>\n

At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the patient population was 3,533, which made Whittingham Mental Hospital the largest in the country.<\/p>\n

OK that’s it for now on with Part 2 of the photos:<\/p>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Bed Time<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Corridor<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Corridor<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Corridor<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Bay Window<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Chapel Organ<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Chapel<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Chapel<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Chiller<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Chiller<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Kitchens I think?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Kitchens I think?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – The Great Hall<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Exit Stage Right<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Light Orbs in a Cage<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Old Film Reel<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – The Cutting Room \/ Projection Room<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Chimney Sweep Required \ud83d\ude00<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum<\/p><\/div>\n

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum<\/p><\/div>\n

Dont forget to check out Part 1<\/a> and the first report from 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Enjoyed this report? want to see more of this place? I\u2019ve been back for a few more visits and taken hundreds\u00a0more photos in these reports:<\/p>\n

Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Near Preston – March 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Whittingham Insane Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire \u2013 revisit 1 September 2012 Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Whittingham Insane Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire \u2013 revisit 1 September 2012 Part 2<\/a>\u00a0(This report)<\/p>\n

Whittingham Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire \u2013 revisit 2 January 2013\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Whittingham Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire \u2013 revisit 3 October 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

Whittingham Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire \u2013 revisit 4 October 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

Whittingham Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire \u2013 revisit 5 December 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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