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Warwickshire / Re: Criminal Lunatic Hatton Lunatic Asylum 1900
« on: Monday 01 December 14 12:47 GMT (UK) »
An interesting read. My mother was consigned to Hatton in the late 50's. As far as we can tell she was suffering post natal depression, but no one knew about that back then.
She was only there a short period and then one night she broke out whilst the nurses were on their tea break! Climbed over a 6 ft fence and legged it, seemingly trying to get home to us. Unfortunately between her and us was Hatton Locks and she fell in the canal and drowned after having tried to raise people in the cottages nearby and been ignored.
I have tried to get records of what happened and I did get some but they are heavily blanked out because some involved were still living. The verdict was recorded as suicide, but I suspect (having been to Hatton Locks at night), that she simply fell into the canal in the pitch black darkness.
I do know that she was on a mixed ward, so all the men and women were together. Ive been into the medical section some years ago where electro therapy was carried out as I was doing work for one of the families who live there now (its been converted to houses). I did wonder at the time if they knew what had happened there in the past.
She was only there a short period and then one night she broke out whilst the nurses were on their tea break! Climbed over a 6 ft fence and legged it, seemingly trying to get home to us. Unfortunately between her and us was Hatton Locks and she fell in the canal and drowned after having tried to raise people in the cottages nearby and been ignored.
I have tried to get records of what happened and I did get some but they are heavily blanked out because some involved were still living. The verdict was recorded as suicide, but I suspect (having been to Hatton Locks at night), that she simply fell into the canal in the pitch black darkness.
I do know that she was on a mixed ward, so all the men and women were together. Ive been into the medical section some years ago where electro therapy was carried out as I was doing work for one of the families who live there now (its been converted to houses). I did wonder at the time if they knew what had happened there in the past.