St. Helens Hospital
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St Helens Hospital lies in the heart of Merseyside and dates back to around the mid 1900s, so far we cannot find a specific date as not much history can be found about the place as its gone by so many different names.
At present the hospital is very much active but one entire section is currently being demolished to make way for more modern buildings, this is the one we explored and superb it was. Its very rare indeed to find a recently closed or derelict hospital that hasnt been vandalized so this was a real treat, some sections we actually expected to walk into staff as its so intact. The only thing missing was the beds.
Whilst exploring the place we came across all sorts of interesting finds from the immaculate operating theatres to complete wards some even with Televisions still on the walls as well as plants littering the corridors but the real treat was finding some of the patient and employee records as well as confidential reports to the pathology department, from administration complaining about Pathology sending patient details out to dead patients including one who was a Doctor at the hospital himself!
Amongst the records we also came across a photograph dating back to 1968 from a staff retirement party.
St. Helens has to be by far one of the most immaculate hospitals in the country in terms of its condition, its so pristine in certain parts you could actually imagaine doctors or patients wandering round the corner as its that clean.
Only a few days prior to our visit they had turned the electricity off for good but as it was a perfectly clear day with sunshine and blue skies no interior lighting was needed.
This place is a mixture really in terms of style and layout, the operating theatres are more like military barracks and huts whilst other sections are more like an asylum or workhouse.
A truly superb explore this one and so much to offer and by far the most intact hospital any of us have come across to date. Its just such a shame that this magnificent place is being demolished, or at least part of it.
The main section is still live and open but the mortuary has been converted into the site office for the demolition team already working on the first building. When we visited, the buildings had already in some cases been stripped out in preparation to be demolished.
Demolition itself was relativley small and had only just begun, but come early 2009 no doubt the lot will have gone for good.
