bamber 128 Posted April 28, 2021 Report Share Posted April 28, 2021 Well that's what we used to sing as kids in the 1960s, but here is a link to a film about Mapperley Hospital in the 1930s. The City was proud of its mental health provision under Dr McMillan, years before the NHS, and I have to say that it looks far more desirable than the care (or lack of it) in the community. Mapperley Hospital in the 1930s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,088 Posted April 28, 2021 Report Share Posted April 28, 2021 Quite possible that my dad is in that film as he’d qualified as a mental health nurse in 1936 and, apart from being in the army 1938-1946, spent all his working life at Mapperley, retiring in the mid 1970s. By all accounts, Duncan McMillan still walks the corridors as a number of people claim to have seen him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 As a child, I recall going to Mapperley Hospital several times to take part in a dancing display. My ballet teacher, I think, knew someone who worked there and once a year she organised a performance of various types of dance. I remember vividly walking down the long corridors with my mum. The place put the fear of God into me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 I remember in the sixties someone saying that a yellow van would take you away if you did something stupid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,464 Posted April 29, 2021 Report Share Posted April 29, 2021 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi..........that's what it's about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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