The Welsh Asylum Gauntlet - April / Oct 2023

[Rosary_Boy]

Good pictures man

 

[mookster]

Interesting cheers for clearing that up. I'm guessing the reason they weren't in all is because not all patients were as risky?

Same reason why in Whitchurch there are steel door handles which slope downwards, so you can't fix or tie anything to them. All quite depressing but necessary.

 

[OysterJam]

That first aerial shot of North Wales County Asylum in Denbigh is absolutely beautiful.

Really great report, loved reading and looking at those amazing pics!

 

[Wastelandr]

That first aerial shot of North Wales County Asylum in Denbigh is absolutely beautiful.

Really great report, loved reading and looking at those amazing pics!

Cheers! The banging snow shot is @KismetJ

 

[Richie Wales]

Some great pictures all round. I had to laugh at the comments about mad Merv at Talgarth. He seems to have changed his vehicle since I last went there, when he sat stationery shining his headlights at my car trying to intimidate me. He is also known as Derek. It is in much worse condition since I last went there which is not surprising since most of the roof tiles were sold off. Keep up the good work. I live not far from Cefn Coed, but I've been too busy to check it out yet.

 

[Goblinphotog]

mad Merv at Talgarth.

Mads the right word. First time I went to Talgarth he threatened to slash the tyres on my car. Me and my explore buddy pretended to leave, moved the car, and hid behind the church waiting for him to go. Then witnessed him taking heaps of metal out and loading it into a van. Guess that’s one reason he’s so desperate to keep people away.

 

[mingerocket]

Excellent pictured. I love seeing these old asylums

 

[Wastelandr]

Excellent pictured. I love seeing these old asylums

Cheers mate! Should be getting an Ireland round up in next month if all goes to plan 🤞

 

[MOONSHIN3]

I live a short while from the north wales one and im trying to rally a group of friends to go with

 

[MOONSHIN3]

Lovely stuff. I feel a bit lucky that still have a slice of the asylum pie just over the river to play with now and again.

The mortuary at North Wales is within the main block but towards the back. The slab was famously broken about 2008 when some idiots tried to nick it, lifted it and it broke. Most Haunted then proceeded to make a fake one for the week they filmed there!

There were two padded cells at MW according to the original plans, both of them upstairs almost mirrored locations on male/female ward side. I have a scan of the layout somewhere in my swag pile.

Glanryhd admin block although looking slightly derp is still in use, the board room is pretty lovely, I'll dig out my photo from going there with the heritage group.

Edit here tis

What happened to Pen y Fal? Possibly my fav design after Denbeeee

Love the spelling of Denbigh lmaooooo

 

[trashkub420]

wow these are amazing !! thanks for sharing