Former residents of Lennox Castle hospital remember their experiences in a new project
Lennox Castle hospital, a huge institution nestling in isolation under the Campsies, finally closed its doors in 2002 after 60 controversial years.
Hailed in 1936 as a trailblazing facility for people with learning difficulties, it soon attracted controversy over a regime which routinely employed drugs to induce docility and where the 1200 patients often languished behind its walls for years, even decades.
In their own words
It's not exactly a 10th birthday party but it certainly qualifies as a celebration of a decade of new-found freedoms.
Lennox Castle hospital, a huge institution nestling in isolation under the Campsies, finally closed its doors in 2002 after 60 controversial years.
Hailed in 1936 as a trailblazing facility for people with learning difficulties, it soon attracted controversy over a regime which routinely employed drugs to induce docility and where the 1200 patients often languished behind its walls for years, even decades.
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Don't show me this again.