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Report - - Padded Cell, Royal Hospital Haslar G-Block - 2015 | Asylums and Hospitals | 28DaysLater.co.uk

Report - Padded Cell, Royal Hospital Haslar G-Block - 2015

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Behind Closed Doors
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Padded cells are few and far between now-a-days, so the opportunity to visit one doesn't present itself very often. So rare in fact, that I should imagine this will be the only padded cell I ever get the opportunity to visit, in situ and outside of a museum.

This particular padded cell is inside the 'G Block' of the Royal Hospital Haslar - a disused naval hospital on the south coast of England. G Block was established in 1910 as a purpose-built psychiatric unit and was comprised of 2 wards, each with 12 beds. G-Block served as an assessment centre and sailors requiring longer term treatment were transferred to a psychiatric unit at Great Yarmouth. The padded cell was built by Pocock Brothers, a company who were responsible for the creation of a few other similar padded cells around that time. In practice the cell was rarely used.

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G-Block External

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Staircase in the G-Block entrance lobby

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Outside of the cell door. The makers plate has been removed.

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Looking through the door into the padded cell

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Inside the cell

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Looking up at the door

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Looking towards the back of the cell

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Wider view of the padding

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“When faith is kneeling by his bed of death”​
 

spindrift

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Fantastic place. I need to make a visit, is the security bad?
 
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