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Nottinghamshire / Re: Mental Hospital Ratcliffe on Trent
« on: Sunday 15 August 10 20:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi Elaine,
The photos are absolutely stunning....i wonder what the people think sometimes when they realise they are living in an old Mental asylum....
I have sent a application off to the Nottingham archives, now just waiting to see what comes back...All i know from a reply to my email i sent..They do not hold any death records for the year i am looking at..
Once again...a million thankyous for your time.
Malc

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Nottinghamshire / Re: Mental Hospital Ratcliffe on Trent
« on: Wednesday 11 August 10 07:19 BST (UK)  »
Hi Elaine,

Thanks for taking the time to do this for me, its really appreciated.

Malc

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Nottinghamshire / Re: Mental Hospital Ratcliffe on Trent
« on: Tuesday 10 August 10 21:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi Larkspur,
thanks again for the reply and the details you listed, i have decided to email the Nottingham Archives with all the details of my Grandad to see if initially there are any records that will be open to me so all i can do is await a reply.
I shall keep all informed in due course and let you know how i get on,its just sad sometimes to find a close relative ending there days like this.
Malc

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Nottinghamshire / Re: Mental Hospital Ratcliffe on Trent
« on: Tuesday 10 August 10 07:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi Willsy

That would be brilliant if you could get me some modern photos of what the hospital has turned into, you say into housing.....
I am still struggling to find the time to pop to the Nottingham archives to do some more research into my grandad and the reasons behind him being there, what with work and other commitments...

Cheers Malc.

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Nottinghamshire / Re: Mental Hospital Ratcliffe on Trent
« on: Monday 26 July 10 21:03 BST (UK)  »
Hi Valda,

It looks more and more like i shall have to contact the Nottingham archives and try and get his details if it is possible as to why/reason he was at the Hospital.
I would assume i am the closest of kin now as my dad was the only child, in regards of proof i have my birth cert with the details of my father and my fathers birth cert from 1926 which has his fathers and mothers details on it.I also have the marriage cert from 1919 of my grandad who was in the mental hospital.I would hope these would suffice to prove my relationship with my granddad,hopefully it would have been my grandma, his wife who would have been the next of kin on his details when he entered the hospital.
I have tried the Sutton in Ashfield cemetery site and upto a year after the date he died and there is no sign of his burial ,so it would appear he was buried locally to the mental hospital.

Once again thanks for your time and reply.
Malc.


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Nottinghamshire / Re: Mental Hospital Ratcliffe on Trent
« on: Sunday 25 July 10 16:53 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Jane for your reply.

As always this site is perfect for getting different opnions on a subject and this has given me a little more to go on.
My Grandad was living at 2 Clubb street Sutton in Ashfield,which would have run from the Bottom of the Idlewells shopping centre up to the top which leads to the bus station .
This was stated from his Death cert issued after his death at the Mental hospital and the person who was present at death was, H.C.Walds? who was the Medical Superintendant at the time.
His widow, my Grandma went onto remarry 2 years later and she lived until 1950.

Once more thankyou all for the replys.
Malc

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Nottinghamshire / Re: Mental Hospital Ratcliffe on Trent
« on: Friday 23 July 10 09:51 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Larkspur for your time and reply,

Now i do have the feeling that he was there mainly on health grounds and yes maybe he was having a breakdown of some kind,
As you say post traumatic stress was not really understood at the time and as i said in my 1st post, he had suffered gun shot wounds, so this could have been part and parcel of why he ended up here.

Malc.

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Nottinghamshire / Re: Mental Hospital Ratcliffe on Trent
« on: Sunday 18 July 10 17:48 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Nottschick and LH35 for your replys.

Maybe due to his condition he was having a breakdown.All his life he was a hardworking man being a contractors Haulier up until 1915 when he served in the Great War till 1919 and from his service records i know he served in France and Belgium and he got a gunshot wound to his face and leg.
After the war he became a miner until he died of Brochitus.
I would like to know where he was buried and maybe if possible view his records at the Nottingham Archives but i know sometimes records like these,certain things may be prohibited.

Once again thanks for taking your time to answer.
Malc

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Nottinghamshire / Re: Mental Hospital Ratcliffe on Trent
« on: Saturday 17 July 10 16:38 BST (UK)  »
Thanks CaroleW
i had a feeling it was because of that and not because he was poor and it was somewhere to spend his last days.
Malc

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