Brecon & Radnor Joint Asylum - Talgarth - November 2010

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Mid-Wales Asylum - Talgarth - November 2010

Visited with Host, Oldskool and Zero81

Many laughs were had, chippy chips, victorian sat navs, badgers, more chippy chips, hunger and cold, the concoction for a successful explore.

The day began at 3.00 am, I called Zero81 to make sure he was on his way, but... what was that, was that a TREADMILL I could here, and WEIGHTS? Seems Zero had got a little lost and ended up at the local gym. Anyway, swiftly moving on through fog and rain we ended up in the spooky Mid - Wales village of Talgarth....

The Mid Wales Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Talgarth, Wales. It opened in 1906 and was formerly known as the Brecon and Radnor Joint Asylum or Mid Wales Counties Mental Hospital. It is in echelon style and at its peak could serve 1,000 patients. However, nearer the end of its life, in 1995, this had dwindled to 168. The site was also home to the Mid and West Wales College of Nursing and Midwifery and the Powys Drugs & Alcohol Council for substance misuse.
As part of its services the hospital provided treatments for the elderly mentally ill; rehabilitation and continuing care; occupational therapy; day care facility; psychology; reflexology; physiotherapy; electro-convulsive therapy; chiropody and psychiatry.

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Seen this amusing little scrawl on the way out...

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Cheers