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Cheadle Royal Hospital main building interior

 

The ballroom in the main hospital building in the 1910s. It is still in use today, although now for a range of other social and recreational activities

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital main building interior

 

A senior hospital manager in a dedicated taxidermy room in the hospital

Circa 1940s

 

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Nurse training

 

 

A dummy patient lies in bed as young nurses receive specialist training at the hospital in the 1940s

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital main building interior

 

The ladies hairdressers salon in the main hospital building in the 1960s

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital North House

 

A view of the front of North House. This building was constructed in 1903 to accommodate an additional 100 patients as the hospital expanded

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital North House

 

An upstairs corridor in North House (now Cheadle House Hotel)

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital North House

 

 

A lounge in one of the North House corridors (now Cheadle House Hotel)

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital North House

 

The ladies drawing room in North House (now Cheadle House Hotel)

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital North House

 

The main drawing room in North House (now Cheadle House Hotel)

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital North House

 

The main drawing room in North House (now the Cheadle House Hotel)

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital North House

 

The main ground floor dining hall in North House (now Cheadle Hall Hotel)

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital North House

 

The main ground floor dining hall in North House (now Cheadle House hotel)

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital North House

 

The hospital's main recreation room, which was also used as a theatre. In its heyday, there were regular performances here, with seating for up to 70 people

 

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Cheadle Royal Astell Day Hospital

 

The newly opened Astell Day Hospital in 1959. It was located between the main hospital building and North House

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Cheadle Royal Astell Day Hospital

 

The newly opened Astell Day Hospital in 1959. It was located between the main hospital building and North House

 

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Cheadle Royal Astell Day Hospital

 

The dining room in the new Astell Day Hospital

 

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Industrial Therapy Workshop

 

A demonstration of some of the products on show in the Industrial Therapy Workshop in the 1960s

 

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Industrial Therapy Workshop

 

A display of the products made by the residents in the Industrial Therapy Workshop in the 1960s  

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital gardens

 

Cheadle Royal's old greenhouses and vegetable gardens. It was the residents who were mainly responsible for managing the greenhouses and gardens and the produce which was grown was used in the hospital kitchens. (This land no longer belongs to Cheadle Royal Hospital and has been redeveloped).  

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital gardens

 

Residents tending the vegetable gardens in the 1920s. (This land no longer belongs to Cheadle Royal Hospital and has been redeveloped).  

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital gardens

 

The rockery garden in the 1950s. (This land no longer belongs to Cheadle Royal Hospital and has been redeveloped).  

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital farm yard

 

The hospital's dairy cattle being led back to their fields from the milking parlour. The dairy cattle provided much of the hospital's dairy needs and whenever there was a surplus, it was sold to local shops. (This land no longer belongs to Cheadle Royal Hospital and has been redeveloped).  

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital recreation grounds

 

The bowling green in front of the east wing of the main hospital building 

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital North House

 

The ladies lounge and corridor in North House (now Cheadle House Hotel)

 

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Cheadle Royal Hospital recreation grounds

 

Men playing a game of bowls on the bowling green in the 1930s

 

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