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Looking back on #WorldPharmacistDay

Here are some vintage #pharmacists at Whitchurch Hospital

The Pharmacy display for the Centenary in 2008

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The pharmacy hatch with a lady standing facing another person, with their back to the camera. Pharmacy equipment can be seen on shelves in the background A close up photo of a member of staff using a pestle and mortar Group photo of pharmacy staff taking outside with the hospital in the background Two pharmacists working in the main dispensary at Whitchurch Hospital
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#ArchiveFashion

Whitchurch Hospital had its own fashion shop where we could all go along to purchase the latest trends

#WestEndFashions
#Hospitalshop
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Day 4 #Archive30 is #ArchiveConservation

One building that definitely needs #conservation is #Whitchurchhospital which stands #abandoned and #neglected 😢

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📷photo taken in November 2024
Whitchurch Hospital administration block with the bowling green and trees in front. Windows are boarded up and some broken with a plant growing out of the chimney. Blue cloudy skies above
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Day 23 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social

#CommunityArchives

You may be surprised that sport (up to international level) was played at the hospital over the years & continues to be used by the local community.

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#football
#hockey
#bowls
#cricket
Black and white newspaper clipping showing the mixed hockey team from 1910 Annual sports day programme from June 1910 Black and white photo of the Cardiff City Mental Hospital Football players Black and white photo of a game of cricket with the chapel and water tower in the background
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Penblwydd Hapus yn 77 #GIG
Happy 77th Birthday #NHS

Dr Thomas Hennelly, Medical Superintendent in 1948
Thanks to Eve for the group photo from the early days of the NHS

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A group photo of male and female nursing students with matron seated in the middle A photo of Dr Thomas Hennelly using a telephone A photo of a black vintage telephone with a list of phone numbers in a museum display case "In the hospital world it always has to be remembered that the patient is the pivot round which the whole hospital revolves and if this fact is ever lost sight of in a too centralised administration more concerned with paper than with people, nothing but mediocrity can result” Dr T J Henelly 1948
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#ArchiveAdvice

Some advice from within the walls of Whitchurch Hospital

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Two signs, top one is grey and the bottom one is a dark blue Blue-grey sign on a cream painted brick wall Special Rule on an old drug cupboard door Two signs, top sign is white type on a red background & the bottom sign is a hospital watch sign which has a white background, black type and some orange colour
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Just a quick last post for #Archive30 to say a huge thank you to @arascot.bsky.social
for arranging and to you all for supporting us

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📷 selection of photos, main photo: back entrance doors between ward East 1 & physiotherapy
Selection of photos, main photo being the back entrance/exit doors between ward East 1 and physiotherapy
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Playing catch up…
At last it’s Day 1 of #Archive30
today 🎉

#YourArchive

We have an amazing collection that we are privileged to look after and share from Whitchurch Hospital in Cardiff
We are looking forward to seeing everyone’s tweets

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#Chimney

One thing #WhitchurchHospital has many of is Chimneys!!! The question is has anyone ever counted them????

📷 1 & 2 are postcards c1908
📷 3 from the heritage collection at Cathays Library
📷 4 from the late 1970/ early 1980s

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Black and white postcard of the female side of the hospital showing the water tower in the background behind the wards. One of the octagonal shelters is on the right. In the front of the image the haha fence can be seen Staff cottages on park road with a lady pushing a pram and another with a small child. Velindre Grange c1908, a detached house with a rose garden in front and a driveway The main entrance of the hospital, water tower and cars parked in front of the building
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Seems it’s #TowerTuesday 🙌🏻😀

The Whitchurch Hospital water tower, quite the local historical landmark
Photo taken on the 15th of May 2025

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A tall brick tower, copper dome and a chimney with a background of blue skies and some trees either side
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#ChristmasGifts

Two photos from Christmas 1949, thank you Angela for donating the album.

Interesting present for Matron 🤔

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#Petmice
#whatascream
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#Whitchurchhospital

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Black and white photo showing a woman receiving a gift. Two other people in the background Small black and white photo showing a group of women surprised at the gift Miss O’Shaunghnessy has just opened
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#SomethingSmall

Here is the Whitchurch Hospital badge for Registered Mental Nurses. Can you spot the daffodil and leek?

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Oval metal badge with a light blue surround and a darker blue inner oval. Note the daffodil and the leek
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Day 8 #Archive30 is #ArchivePlan

A beautiful plan from 1902 by Architects George Oatley & W Skinner

More original hospital plans at Special Collections department in Bristol Uni

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#historypsychiatry
#Oatley
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#architecture
Coloured plan of the main elevation for the Cardiff City Mental Hospital Grainy black and white images of the hospital architects
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#Decorations

These vintage decorations are from a lovely album (1949) donated by Angela.

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Photo of the hospital main hall showing Christmas decorations hanging from the windows in 1949
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As it’s #worldphotographyday I thought I would post one of Eyes 2 me’s fabulous photos.
Photo taken in the last months before the hospital closed to inpatients in April 2016.

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Photo showing the front entrance of Whitchurch Hospital with the water tower on the left. Above the hospital is a dramatic sky with clouds hiding the sun with some brilliant colours
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Christmas Eve

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can only be #Santa

We have two vintage offerings! One from 1949 and one from 1984

Thank you to Angela for the 1st photo

Happy ChristmasEve 🎅🏻

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An old black and white photo showing Father Christmas on the left giving a woman a present The Christmas menu cover from 1984, rudolf stuck in a chimney on the left and Father Christmas coming out of a chimney on the right
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Day 12 #ArchiveAdventCalendar

#FestiveClothes

All these wonderful photos of various productions are thanks to Eve. Dates are from the days she trained at Whitchurch Hospital (1948-1951)

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#hospitalpanto
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Two ladies dressed in fancy dress, large top hats and bow ties Four ladies dressed in fancy dress with a pantomime background Two ladies with a pantomime horse between them Seven people on stage in fancy dress
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Day 5 #Exploreyourarchive

#Fashion

Whitchurch Hospital had its own fashion shop where we could all go along to purchase the latest trends

#EYAFashion
#WestEndFashions
#Hospitalshop
#Whitchurchhospital
A woman pushing the shop door open. West End Fashions above the window with various outfits displayed
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Day 4 #ExploreYourArchive

#EYAHuge

Many sources have described the hospital as huge over the years. Is it a wonder looking at this newspaper clipping!!

The Cambrian newspaper 17th April 1908

One example is Will Paynter in My Generation, see page photo.

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Newspaper clipping from 1908, describing the hospital building Cover to Will Paynter’s book, My Generation Page from the book describing the hospital as huge
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Day 14 #ArchiveAdventCalendar

#shopping

We had a few shops within the hospital, the sweet shop and West End Fashions. The staff handbook lists a number of shops from c1970s

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#hospitalsweetshop
#westendfashions
Black and white photo showing a sweet shop counter with two ladies behind, and two in front. Hospital shop from behind the counter with two people West end fashions hospital shop with a lady going in through the door The carrier bag for west end fashions
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Happy #mentalhealthnursesday to all #mentalhealthnurses

Here are some over the years from Whitchurch Hospital/ Cardiff City Mental Hospital

Thank you for the photos Angela & Carol

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Four nurses in uniform standing in front of a verandah. Beds can be seen in the background Two nurses in uniform standing in front of the hospital chapel Three nurses in uniform sitting with a cup of tea with a patient in a bed behind them One male on the left wearing a white coat and a female nurse on the right in uniform with the hospital in the background
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Feeling nostalgic today and looking back to when we 1st started
Photos taken on ward W1A back in 2015 before the hospital closed

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Display boards with large windows in the background Cardiff City Mental Hospital Uniforms Book male A ledger for uniforms issued Vintage metal cupboard full of various items related to Whitchurch Hospital Matrons Daily Returns Male A ledger
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We are back!!

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#WinterWonderland

We don’t see scenes like this very often so back we go to 2010

📷Hospital Chapel, tree in the grounds and the back of the medical quarters looking towards the West wards

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The Whitchurch Hospital Chapel covered in snow, photo taken in 2010 A snow covered tree in the grounds of Whitchurch Hospital The back of Medical Quarters with a snow covered path looking towards the West wards
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#ArchiveAdventCalendar is #FestiveFood

Whitchurch Hospital had a wonderful Christmas lunch. Here is the vintage Christmas menu from 1984
Photo of the hospital canteen (?1980s)

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Canteen style tables and chairs in rows from the hospital canteen Christmas menu example from 1984 Front cover of the menu showing rudolf the red nose reindeer stuck in a chimney on the left and Father Christmas coming out of the chimney on the right with a sack in his right hand
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#WorldTheatreDay today and here are some photos of pantomimes that were produced in the hospital.

Do you remember the productions? Be great to hear more, get in touch ✍🏻

Thanks to Eve for these wonderful photos, taken between 1948 and 1951.

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White pantomime horse in the centre with a woman either side White Pantomime horse in the front of the photo with various people in the background Eight people posing behind each other dressed in costume Four women dressed up in costume sitting with a backdrop behind them
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