National Temperance Hospital Sept 08

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In the mid-nineteenth century it was common in most hospitals for alcohol to be given to both patients and staff. Some members of the temperance movement began to argue that this impaired staff efficiency and restricted patients' treatment.

These shots are from the National Temperance Hospital, and its Insull Memorial Wing, it was formerly known as the London Temperance Hospital, its name was changed to 'National' in 1932 and the Insull Wing was established in the same year.

This is a fantastic building, quite a large site, and on a very busy road, its closing date is not know for certain, some part of it must have been in use up until 2002, as there is a plaque on the wall dated with that year. But it is thought that it was last used as a hospital in the mid 80s.

More pictures and history

http://www.freewebs.com/lefttolinger/

Front entrance.
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BT tower in the background.
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Side street of an older part of the hospital.
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Another view of the front.
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For a full report visit
http://www.freewebs.com/lefttolinger/
 
no offence but walking round a building that neone can do and then asting some info from another site isnt exactly what i call awe inspiring..... am i the only one who feels like this?
 
can somebody explain what is wrong with this post, I have posted it on here, and have PM'd Midnight but no response, what is the problem with this post?
 
no offence but walking round a building that neone can do and then asting some info from another site isnt exactly what i call awe inspiring..... am i the only one who feels like this?

Midnight, you are fully entitled to your opinion but I can see why Crumbler posted this set of photos. It is a lesser known site and has some interesting background information. Just because there are no internal shots doesn't automatically make it boring.
 
I love to see buildings on the outside, and a lot of the time, the outside gets overlooked because people want to do the inside. This has some great features, love that tower, and the balconies there.

Excellent pics mate,

:) Sal
 
Thanks for posting these pictures, I used to walk past this every day when i worked at Euston and never gave it more than a second glance! Now I'm older and wiser I wished I'd had a look around.
 
Midnight, you are fully entitled to your opinion but I can see why Crumbler posted this set of photos. It is a lesser known site and has some interesting background information. Just because there are no internal shots doesn't automatically make it boring.

Yeah the information is cool and whatnot.. but its photos any one could of taken.. no offence to crumbler..(And sorry for not replying been working) and i understand what Foxy and Smiley are saying about exterior shots often not being taken, but with this hospital its a well known place with explorers many have tried and failed and to see a report with just exteriors is slightly un awe inspiring.. thats all i said. Boring no cause i enjoyed the write up. Im not being a grump i just thought i would air my opinion. getting into the place would of been impressive as its quite a toughie.
 
Yeah the information is cool and whatnot.. but its photos any one could of taken.. no offence to crumbler..(And sorry for not replying been working) and i understand what Foxy and Smiley are saying about exterior shots often not being taken, but with this hospital its a well known place with explorers many have tried and failed and to see a report with just exteriors is slightly un awe inspiring.. thats all i said. Boring no cause i enjoyed the write up. Im not being a grump i just thought i would air my opinion. getting into the place would of been impressive as its quite a toughie.

The thing is that although the majority of people populating this forum are explorers, the emphasis is supposed to be about the places themselves rather than the exploration of them and associated kudos. We have had this discussion at numerous times before and the culmination is the same. This forum tries to be a broad church with a friendly attitude and critical comments are not really necessary - If i'm not interested in a lacklustre thread, i will just pass it by.

Personally i feel that good exterior selections are so few and far between (aside from the 'token' efforts) that it's nice to see them. It is in fact incredible that despite the fact that certain sites are repeatedly visited (often with the same tourist spots captured), finding an aspect of a facade can be nigh on impossible. A balance would be nice.

Pete
 
Maybe what Midnight should be saying, is that this should be in the potential locations and research forum, as it's an incomplete report without internals. For me i find the shots good and 'interesting' for research.

I've recently been made aware of this, so will see what's possible, although not finding any other references to it being done here or elsewhere doesn't raise much hope
 
I think that moving this to the potential forum suggests that it is insufficient to post only exteriors. I think if the originator of this thread felt that way they may have posted it there originally. Exterior only shots don't make a place any less of 'derelict place' than one explored internally.

Pete
 
sorry, wasn't looking to stir, merely explore thoughts. I have no problem with exterior posts. Just my curiosity bug isn't sated, as i wonder what it's like inside now.
 
This was posted before I joined so only come across due to the recent activity.

This a lovely buiding and I love the balconies and the brief history. It's the kind of place I would take pics of when I'm on holiday and not be brave enough to venture further. But the external architecture alone makes it interesting (to me at least). Not somewhere I'm ever likely to visit so thank you for posting - it's definitely a looker in parts.
 
So is this place still standing derelict? Don't think I've seen any internals from this one before.
 

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