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19-06-2010, 09:02 PM
Rossendale Hospital started life as Haslingden Workhouse in 1868-69. designed by Henry Lockwood and William Mawson. It wasn’t until 1912 a major expansion the the east was built and set up as an infirmary. In 1930 it became Moorland House Public Assistance Institution.
“After the formal abolition of the workhouse system in 1930, many former workhouses were redesignated as Public Assistance Institutions (PAIs). These establishments were administered by local Public Assistance Committees set up by county or county borough councils and were sometimes known as County Institutions or County Homes. PAIs provided accommodation for the elderly, chronic sick, single unmarried mothers and, in many cases, vagrants. The Institutions inherited many staff and inmates from the workhouse era and were not that different from their predecessors except that there were no uniforms, and the residents (rather than "inmates") could come and go as they pleased.”
Later the whole site became Rossendale Hospital.
Visited with Dazza – first stop on our little trip south.
Thanks WIMR for some pointers :thumb
I loved the external of this building, inside it wasnt a massive explore but for someone with plenty of time on their hands the place is littered with interesting stuff and from my point of view the site has only been at most 50% explored.
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Oooh eerrr !! someone we know?
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“After the formal abolition of the workhouse system in 1930, many former workhouses were redesignated as Public Assistance Institutions (PAIs). These establishments were administered by local Public Assistance Committees set up by county or county borough councils and were sometimes known as County Institutions or County Homes. PAIs provided accommodation for the elderly, chronic sick, single unmarried mothers and, in many cases, vagrants. The Institutions inherited many staff and inmates from the workhouse era and were not that different from their predecessors except that there were no uniforms, and the residents (rather than "inmates") could come and go as they pleased.”
Later the whole site became Rossendale Hospital.
Visited with Dazza – first stop on our little trip south.
Thanks WIMR for some pointers :thumb
I loved the external of this building, inside it wasnt a massive explore but for someone with plenty of time on their hands the place is littered with interesting stuff and from my point of view the site has only been at most 50% explored.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4714574941_16ae8a2263_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4714571413_48b961d7ba_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4715209366_a786ee1066_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4714567619_3cf3ce1ac0_b.jpg
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http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4714573449_d45f6e2afa_b.jpg
Oooh eerrr !! someone we know?
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