After a curry and some beers, a rooftop, some dragon soop buying, and a pub playing Brazilian 60s music, myself and @Ojay took a quick look at this section of Royal London Hospital. We quickly recognised it from a report back in September on here which stated "i have no idea what the building is, nor what it was used for", and called it 'Name TBC' (http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/a-royal-london-building-name-tbc-sept-15.t100660#post-1132477). Well it's obviously a fucking hospital innit. Anyway, it's largely stripped unfortunately so it's pretty bland in general but still a few half interesting bits knocking about. It's situated round the back of the main derp hospital in a separate block. Putting this in non public purely because the NHS still have offices full of patient records in the basement.
History
The Royal London Hospital was founded in September 1740 and was originally named The London Infirmary. The name changed to The London Hospital in 1748 and then to The Royal London Hospital in 1980 when the Queen came to visit and gave it the added 'Royal'. Joseph Merrick, known as the "Elephant Man", spent the last few years of life at The Royal London Hospital and his mounted skeleton is currently housed at the Medical School, but is not on public display. In March 2005 planning permission was granted for a £1 billion redevelopment and expansion of The Royal London Hospital. The redevelopment has replaced the hospital's old facilities, some of which date back to when it was first built. The new building opened in February 2012. This outpatients department moved to it's new destination in October 2014.
History
The Royal London Hospital was founded in September 1740 and was originally named The London Infirmary. The name changed to The London Hospital in 1748 and then to The Royal London Hospital in 1980 when the Queen came to visit and gave it the added 'Royal'. Joseph Merrick, known as the "Elephant Man", spent the last few years of life at The Royal London Hospital and his mounted skeleton is currently housed at the Medical School, but is not on public display. In March 2005 planning permission was granted for a £1 billion redevelopment and expansion of The Royal London Hospital. The redevelopment has replaced the hospital's old facilities, some of which date back to when it was first built. The new building opened in February 2012. This outpatients department moved to it's new destination in October 2014.
1. Lots to see in this entrance lobby but security strolled in and I had to make tracks #ojaygrabmycan
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17. These cages were perhaps a measure to prevent people from jumping from the stairs, but not sure....
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19. The TV blaring from the end of the corridor was where security was stationed so we didn't hang around long here.
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Nowt epic but glad to have had a poke around at last, was a good place to polish off some cans
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Nowt epic but glad to have had a poke around at last, was a good place to polish off some cans
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. Good stuff
