Whitchurch Hospital corridor (canteen entrance on the left) One of the orange trucks charging on the right. Group of people dressed in Edwardian costumes walking down the corridor towards the camera

Photo taken in the main hall back in 2008. Old fashioned camera in the middle of the screen and Julia on the left and the photographer on the right

Photo taken outside the main entrance of Whitchurch Hospital in April 2008

Photo taken in April 2008 showing an old minibus in the background and then left to right: Julia, Cardiff Mayor and Julia

Day 3 @arascot.bsky.social
#Archive30
#ArchiveFashion

Something a little different than usual, photos from the centenary in April 2008. A number of us dressed up Edwardian (well as close as we could find!) style!!

Who remembers the occasion?

#Whitchurchhospital
#dressingup
#costumes

First World War postcard showing the front entrance and water tower on the left hand side

First World War postcard showing the front entrance and water tower on the left hand side

Photo showing the front entrance and water tower on the left hand side

The front cover of the Staff Handbook showing the front entrance and water tower on the left hand side

Day 2 @arascot.bsky.social
#Archive30 #Archif30
the theme is #ArchiveBuilding #AdeiladArchif

Here is the beautiful building
@whitchurchhospital.bsky.social in better days #WW1 #Firstworldwar

#militaryhospital
#welshmetropolitanwarhospital
#whitchurchhospital

Postcard dated from the First World War when the hospital was renamed - The Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital

Hospital corridor, dated around 2008, well before the hospital was closed

Hospital corridor, dated around 2008, well before the hospital was closed

The themes for Archive30 this year

Day 1 of #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social
🎉 🎉

#YourArchive

We have an amazing collection that we are privileged to look after and share from Whitchurch Hospital in Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
We are looking forward to taking part this year

#whitchurchhospital
#mentalhealthhistory

Image showing four different books laid over each other. The book in the middle is by Hilary Thomas, written for the 75th Anniversary of the Hospital

#Worldbookday2026

Image of real books from the collection (created by AI) showing Hilary Thomas’s book written for the 75th Anniversary of the hospital.

#whitchurchhospital
#books
#uniformbook
#rulebook

Group of five nurses (three standing and two seated) from the first world war Dressed in white uniforms and white caps

An award ceremony photograph showing various nurses with their prizes.

Large group photograph taken outside the hospital. Four rows of staff, mainly nursing staff

Photo showing five nurses, three female nurses standing and two male nurses in front with the water tower in the background

Happy #mentalhealthnursesday to all #mentalhealthnurses

Here are some over the years from Whitchurch Hospital/ Cardiff City Mental Hospital

Thank you for the photos Eve, Angela & Carol

#mentalhealthnursesday2026
#mhnurseday
#histnursing
#whitchurchhospital

The pharmacy typewriter, photo shows a large typewriter with labels and photos in the background

A black typewriter with a red display board in the background

On #WorldTypingDay here are two vintage typewriters, both were displayed at the End of an Era exhibition back in March/April 2016. It’s hard to believe that the hospital closed nearly 10years ago!!

#vintagetypewriters
#endofaneraexhibition
#Whitchurchhospital

Original image with the main hospital entrance and water tower. Cars parked in front with trees each side. AI generated fireworks and text

Original image with the main hospital entrance and water tower. Cars parked in front with trees each side. AI generated fireworks and text

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i bawb. Diolch yn fawr iawn am yr holl gefnogaeth drwy’r flwyddyn dwytha

Happy New Year to all. Thank you for all your support over the last year

Text and fireworks generated by AI from an original 📷

#BlwyddynNewyddDda
#HappyNewYear
#HappyNewYear2026
#WhitchurchHospital

Edwardian fireplace at Whitchurch Hospital with added flames 🔥

Same fireplace as first photo without the “added” flames 🔥

Edwardian fireplace painted white, question is where is it within the hospital??

Another fireplace but where was it??

Today’s #ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social is #WarmFire

Now i have to confess some artistic license used in the 1st photo… flames 🔥 added. Photos show three fireplaces in Whitchurch Hospital, can you guess where they were?

#Whitchurchhospital
#Edwardianfireplaces
#Hospitalfireplaces

East 2A art group, created for the End of an Era exhibition in 2016

Some hospital equipment used in the End of an Era exhibition in 2016

The Pharmacy display for the End of an Era exhibition in 2016

The Pharmacy display showing some colourful books for the End of an Era exhibition in 2016

Today’s #ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social
is #ChristmasColours

Tricky, as yet we haven’t got a colour photo of the beautiful hall at Christmas in the collection.

So here are a selection of colour from past exhibitions and archives…

#Colours
#Whitchurchhospital
#art
#EndofanEra

A page from a photo album (1949), two photos, top left and bottom right with some writing (white on a black background)

Here we go with #WrappingPaper for the 15th day of #ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social

Below is a page from the family album kindly donated by Angela. Here is a photo of a wrapped up present 🎁 and what was in it! The year is 1949.

#WhitchurchHospital
#HospitalChristmas

Black and white photo with Mental Health Nurses and children in front of a Christmas tree and large window

Black and white photo with children in front of a Christmas tree and large window

Today’s #ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social

#FestiveClothes

Thanks to Carol for these lovely photos from Christmas time at Whitchurch Hospital. The date is December 26th 1969.

#WhitchurchHospital
#HospitalChristmas

Photo taken at night of the Whitchurch Hospital water tower with the moon shining bright to the right. Caption reads: Goodnight Whitchurch Hospital Sleep well (1908 - 2016)

For today’s #ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social we have #DarkNights and this poignant photo taken by Michael Jones back in 2016 to mark the closing of Whitchurch Hospital.

#darknights #archiveadventcalendar
#EndofanEra
#WhitchurchHospital
#mentalhealthhistory

Black and white photo showing two ladies decorating a Christmas cake

Black and white photo showing three ladies working on a Christmas cake

Black and white photo showing a lady working on a Christmas cake with another in the background and a rather large of bag of silver spoon icing sugar in the foreground

Day 8 (already!!) of #ArchiveAdventCalendar @arascot.bsky.social

#FestiveFood

Some festive food preparations going on in these photos, looks like a Christmas cake… if you recognise the ladies in the photos do get in touch ✍🏻

#Whitchurchhospital
#Christmas
#christmascake
#HospitalChristmas

Display boards with large windows in the background

Cardiff City Mental Hospital Uniforms Book male A ledger for uniforms issued

Vintage metal cupboard full of various items related to Whitchurch Hospital

Matrons Daily Returns Male A ledger

Feeling nostalgic today and looking back to when we 1st started
Photos taken on ward W1A back in 2015 before the hospital closed

#whitchurchhospital
#whenwestarted
#whitchurchhospitalhistoricalsociety
#cardiffcitymentalhospital

The pharmacy hatch with a lady standing facing another person, with their back to the camera. Pharmacy equipment can be seen on shelves in the background

A close up photo of a member of staff using a pestle and mortar

Group photo of pharmacy staff taking outside with the hospital in the background

Two pharmacists working in the main dispensary at Whitchurch Hospital

Looking back on #WorldPharmacistDay

Here are some vintage #pharmacists at Whitchurch Hospital

The Pharmacy display for the Centenary in 2008

#whitchurchhospital
#pharmacylife
#whitchurchhospitalcardiff
#whitchurchhospitalhistoricalsociety
#pharmacy
#WPD2025

Photo showing the front entrance of Whitchurch Hospital with the water tower on the left. Above the hospital is a dramatic sky with clouds hiding the sun with some brilliant colours

As it’s #worldphotographyday I thought I would post one of Eyes 2 me’s fabulous photos.
Photo taken in the last months before the hospital closed to inpatients in April 2016.

#photography
#photooftheday
#Whitchurchhospital

A group photo of male and female nursing students with matron seated in the middle

A photo of Dr Thomas Hennelly using a telephone

A photo of a black vintage telephone with a list of phone numbers in a museum display case

"In the hospital world it always has to be remembered that the patient is the pivot round which the whole hospital revolves and if this fact is ever lost sight of in a too centralised administration more concerned with paper than with people, nothing but mediocrity can result” Dr T J Henelly 1948

Penblwydd Hapus yn 77 #GIG
Happy 77th Birthday #NHS

Dr Thomas Hennelly, Medical Superintendent in 1948
Thanks to Eve for the group photo from the early days of the NHS

#NHSBirthday
#NHS77
#HistNursing
#mentalhealthhistory
#whitchurchhospital

A tall brick tower, copper dome and a chimney with a background of blue skies and some trees either side

Seems it’s #TowerTuesday 🙌🏻😀

The Whitchurch Hospital water tower, quite the local historical landmark
Photo taken on the 15th of May 2025

#WhitchurchHospital

Selection of photos, main photo being the back entrance/exit doors between ward East 1 and physiotherapy

Just a quick last post for #Archive30 to say a huge thank you to @arascot.bsky.social
for arranging and to you all for supporting us

#THANKYOUSOMUCH
#WhitchurchHospital

📷 selection of photos, main photo: back entrance doors between ward East 1 & physiotherapy

Black and white newspaper clipping showing the mixed hockey team from 1910

Annual sports day programme from June 1910

Black and white photo of the Cardiff City Mental Hospital Football players

Black and white photo of a game of cricket with the chapel and water tower in the background

Day 23 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social

#CommunityArchives

You may be surprised that sport (up to international level) was played at the hospital over the years & continues to be used by the local community.

#whitchurchhospital
#hospitalsports
#football
#hockey
#bowls
#cricket

Two signs, top one is grey and the bottom one is a dark blue

Blue-grey sign on a cream painted brick wall

Special Rule on an old drug cupboard door

Two signs, top sign is white type on a red background & the bottom sign is a hospital watch sign which has a white background, black type and some orange colour

Day 18 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social

#ArchiveAdvice

Some advice from within the walls of Whitchurch Hospital

#hospitalsigns
#whitchurchhospital
#vintagesigns

Oval metal badge with a light blue surround and a darker blue inner oval. Note the daffodil and the leek

Day 16 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social

#SomethingSmall

Here is the Whitchurch Hospital badge for Registered Mental Nurses. Can you spot the daffodil and leek?

#HistNursing
#RMN
#WhitchurchHospital

Day 12 #Archive30 @arascot.bsky.social

#ArchiveFashion

Whitchurch Hospital had its own fashion shop where we could all go along to purchase the latest trends

#WestEndFashions
#Hospitalshop
#Whitchurchhospital

Large wooden cabinet with a glass top and items can be seen inside

Day 9 #Archive30

@arascot.bsky.social

#SomethingBig

The beautiful display cabinet from the boardroom
Photo taken in the main hall during 2008 centenary celebrations

#ExploreYourArchive

#Mentalhealthhistory
#Whitchurchhospital
#CCMH
#Displaycabinet

Coloured plan of the main elevation for the Cardiff City Mental Hospital

Grainy black and white images of the hospital architects

Day 8 #Archive30 is #ArchivePlan

A beautiful plan from 1902 by Architects George Oatley & W Skinner

More original hospital plans at Special Collections department in Bristol Uni

@arascot.bsky.social

#Whitchurchhospital
#mentalhealthhistory
#historypsychiatry
#Oatley
#Skinner
#architecture

Whitchurch Hospital administration block with the bowling green and trees in front. Windows are boarded up and some broken with a plant growing out of the chimney. Blue cloudy skies above

Day 4 #Archive30 is #ArchiveConservation

One building that definitely needs #conservation is #Whitchurchhospital which stands #abandoned and #neglected 😢

@arascot.bsky.social

📷photo taken in November 2024

Day 1 of #Archive30 today 🎉 🎉

#YourArchive

We have an amazing collection that we are privileged to look after and share from Whitchurch Hospital in Cardiff
We are looking forward to seeing everyone’s posts

@arascot.bsky.social

#whitchurchhospital
#MentalHealthHistory

White pantomime horse in the centre with a woman either side

White Pantomime horse in the front of the photo with various people in the background

Eight people posing behind each other dressed in costume

Four women dressed up in costume sitting with a backdrop behind them

#WorldTheatreDay today and here are some photos of pantomimes that were produced in the hospital.

Do you remember the productions? Be great to hear more, get in touch ✍🏻

Thanks to Eve for these wonderful photos, taken between 1948 and 1951.

#theatreday
#Whitchurchhospital
#hospitalpanto

Four nurses in uniform standing in front of a verandah. Beds can be seen in the background

Two nurses in uniform standing in front of the hospital chapel

Three nurses in uniform sitting with a cup of tea with a patient in a bed behind them

One male on the left wearing a white coat and a female nurse on the right in uniform with the hospital in the background

Happy #mentalhealthnursesday to all #mentalhealthnurses

Here are some over the years from Whitchurch Hospital/ Cardiff City Mental Hospital

Thank you for the photos Angela & Carol

#mentalhealthnursesday2025
#mhnurseday
#histnursing
#whitchurchhospital

An old black and white photo showing Father Christmas on the left giving a woman a present

The Christmas menu cover from 1984, rudolf stuck in a chimney on the left and Father Christmas coming out of a chimney on the right

Christmas Eve

#ArchiveAdventCalendar

can only be #Santa

We have two vintage offerings! One from 1949 and one from 1984

Thank you to Angela for the 1st photo

Happy ChristmasEve 🎅🏻

#ChristmasEve
#HospitalChristmas
#Whitchurchhospital
#EYAFestive

@arascot.bsky.social