Gateshead Mental Asylum - St Marys - the return !

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Had to go back for a second go at this fantastic place, 6 hours on the first go just wasnt enough. This time got the morgue , chapel , everything we missed....

A little less HDR for those who dont like it still a few tweaked shots but straight from camera. :)


This little momento found on one of the wards says it all , letter from daughter to mum telling her to cheer up ...

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We decided against the silly run across the rotten hall floor and opted for the less dangerous through the other door round the back approach to getting on the stage , beautiful view and well worth a quick bit of shakespear ..

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Still gotta luv corridoor porn ...

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Some broken windows look better than others ...

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I have no idea what torturous thing this is , but we decided against the doctors chair shot on this occasion

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PEEEEEELEY PAINT !!!!!!

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these tasted quite nice ....

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oooooh love this shot

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worth getting booked in here for that fantastic view

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thats it for today upload some more tmrw ....


was another great day with an amusing encounter at the end ....
 
Nice shots, I prefer these with less HDR - the doors picture is great.

The gadget above the bath is a bath hoist - used for getting disabled patients into the bath,it's not a ducking device ;)
 
the missing link !

heres the one we missed and walked past last time , not this time tho !

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went a little mad processing this one , but of all the shots this one deserves that little extra ..
 
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The chapel / chruch was wel worth the effort to get in though it has been fairly emptied apart from the organ , which is a weight and a half..

the floor is gorgeous , guess this place will survive and be renovated ..

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Some sort of silly message tho quite photographic ..

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this shelf appeared empty , Im guessin it spent most of its life empty ...

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radiators were different in them days

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thats it for now unless anyone wants more !
 
encounter

yeah the amusing encounter at the end involved a small rather old man whos job title shall remain nameless doing a rather poor job of telling us off :lol: , he is obviously getting a tad sick of all the unwanted visitors .... this place is amazing mind and of all the asylums shot i have seen this one seems to be one of the best in character especially ....
 
Hey tripod, I've just got into this awsome style of Photography and I'm busting to get to St. Mary's. There is something about a creepy building that has been left to decay!

Love the morgue photo. A mutual friend of ours tells me you did an excellent shot of your mate with his head photoshoped off! I'd love to see it!

Look forward to seeing more!
 
nice pictures there.
Where abouts is this though?

I've checked up on coutyasylums and google and cant find any reference to a "Gateshead mental asylum"
I do know that there was an asylum in Stannington , Northumberland that served as Gateshead asylum.
Although I'm not aware that it was ever called "Gateshead mental asylum"

I do know it was called St Mary's hosptal , Stannington(having seen signage from inside on many visits) and according to countyasylums.com its been respectivley called Gateshead/Stannington mental hospital, Gateshead/Stannington war hospital (see link - http://www.countyasylums.com/mentalasylums/stannington01.htm ) but not as youve titled your thread.

This seems to be a theme running around here at the moment that asylums arnt called by there proper name. Is there any reason behind this I wonder?

Would you go to say London for example and tell people you where going capitol citytown?

Probably not.
This isnt a rant aimed at anyone in particular I just feel that why bother to report on a site if you cant call it by its proper name. Seems a bit pointless really
 

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