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DAWN, So sorry for the delay in replying, i did not receive an alert! Yes I just sold a copy this week to an employee of the Trust. My earlier post of 10 May 2022 shows a pic. Please just e mail me as above; then its either a cheque or a bank transfer for a Tenner if you are UK postal. I will...

ts been a while since I last posted to remind members that there are still copies available of HIGHCROFT: FROM WORKHOUSE TO MODERN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE ; published by Highcroft History Group, 2001. Preface by Prof.Carl Chinn 68 pages, A4 bound with photos, maps, several illustrations and...

Just a reminder for those reading this thread, I still have copies of the Book HIGHCROFT:FROM WORKHOUSE TO MODERN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE for sale. Published in 2001, by Highcroft History Group and edited by Mike Hinson, it has 72 pages on A4 size, with many photos and illustrations, and...

OWERKID.. If you are still interested in the history of Highcroft further down this thread i have posted details about the book we produced in 2001 which gives an illustrated history from WORKHOUSE TO MODERN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE with all the name and status changes from 1936 to 2000. Best...

Affordable history of Highcroft still available. Published in 2001, HIGHCROFT:FROM WORKHOUSE TO MODERN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE describes the beginning of the Aston Union Workhouse to the present day, 72 pages in bound A4 with approx 30 photos and illustrations, this work was edited by the late...

All Saints was the first CITY ASYLUM in the country, all were previously County or private Asylums, closed in 1997-8 the old main building retained and connected up with and used by HMP Prison; grounds and out buildings part of redevelopment site with a purpose built adult High Dependency...

Good Day, I am joining this thread more by coincidence as a very occasional visiting member. Highcroft Road replaced Union Road in 1932, at the time Birmingham City Council replaced the Poor Law Unions and started to rename the former workhouses as institutions , nursing homes, infirmaries...

Re: Highcroft History Display panels unveiling THUR 2 JUN 11am-1pm Archway, Highcroft hi All, good to see this has popped up again after a few years! I still have copies of "HIGHCROFT From Workhouse to Modern Mental Health Service" (2002) which are on sale at £8.99; 72 pages with photos...

Re: Highcroft History Display panels unveiling THUR 2 JUN 11am-1pm Archway, Highcroft Colin, Thanks, that was my last contact with Highcroft apart from selling the book from time to time via Amazon. Cheers, julian C.

Re: Highcroft History Display panels unveiling THUR 2 JUN 11am-1pm Archway, Highcroft Hello Gudrun, In our history, we include a few paragraphs about the Cottage Homes and some references to the Minutes of the Board of Guardians at the time; theres an aerial pic (1930s) in the Local studies...

Re: Highcroft History Display panels unveiling THUR 2 JUN 11am-1pm Archway, Highcroft Thanks Jenny ann; I haven't yet found how to put the panels on line ; heres aPDF of the panels and a cover sheet I hope I can drag and drop it here; otherwise i can email it to you.

An open invite: HIGHCROFT, FROM VICTORIAN WORKHOUSE TO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY RESIDENCES AND HEALTH SERVICES You are invited to the unveiling of display panels depicting Highcroft’s History THURS. 2nd JUNE 2011, 11am-1pm The Archway, Highcroft Rd, Erdington Since we published a...

I just browsed into this thread; Rowton House is the former name, of the big Edwardian(1903?) institution in Alcester st Highgate, which was refurbished and reopened as the Chamberlain Hotel in the late 1980s 0r 1990s. It has been privately owned by a firm called Rowton Hotels LTd who also...

MAX ... THANKS! of course its not LODGE HILL... temporary brain diversion! WITTON CEMETERY is the one I meant to include. Cheers, Julian

Hi Dogwood Recently retired from the Highcroft site I hope this helps. the city lunatic asylum became All Saints psych hospital; the transfer to Aston Union workhouse would likely have happened for one or both reasons, 1) that the patient got better from an acute mental illness and could be...