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whats the best gift that you have ever received (birthday xmas whatever)?
I think mine would have to be a flying lesson.
I think mine would have to be a flying lesson.
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nailt - "Andy,
//When I was in hospital after a complete nervous breakdown,//
Wasnt the Harplands was it (I know your from stoke)
I will forever be grateful to them for their help."
No, this was twenty-five years ago, before Harplands was built.
It was St. Edwards in Cheddleton, one of the old Victorian asylums.
Despite its fearsome reputation, the Victorians had absolutely the right idea. An asylum was exactly that – a place of safety, built out in the country with massive grounds where patients could wander safely.
I remember walking around for weeks on end, going out in the morning, and only coming back for meals and night curfew. Had I been anywhere near main roads, as Harplands is, I would have been run over in the first week – crossing roads was well beyond my capacity at that time.
Of course, modern governments have other ideas for land like that, and Cheddleton is now a housing estate, and the original hospital building has been converted into luxury apartments.
//When I was in hospital after a complete nervous breakdown,//
Wasnt the Harplands was it (I know your from stoke)
I will forever be grateful to them for their help."
No, this was twenty-five years ago, before Harplands was built.
It was St. Edwards in Cheddleton, one of the old Victorian asylums.
Despite its fearsome reputation, the Victorians had absolutely the right idea. An asylum was exactly that – a place of safety, built out in the country with massive grounds where patients could wander safely.
I remember walking around for weeks on end, going out in the morning, and only coming back for meals and night curfew. Had I been anywhere near main roads, as Harplands is, I would have been run over in the first week – crossing roads was well beyond my capacity at that time.
Of course, modern governments have other ideas for land like that, and Cheddleton is now a housing estate, and the original hospital building has been converted into luxury apartments.
