Im back in Preston (for another 6 hours - im off on holiday for a week), and upon my return noticed the "development" of Sharoe Green Hospital was continuing apace. The above picture shows it on the 10th April, with plenty of smashed windows that can be seen on this closer shot. The demolition has been on the cards for nearly 2 years now, it shut the first week of September 2004 when i was still working at RPH, and it used to accomodate maternity, obbs and gynae, old people and some other stuff. It should be pointed out that my self and the Master of Salt none the less were born in this very building in the Thatcher years, as im sure were some of my Preston friends. All services were moved to a new building on the RPH site, Preston going from 3 hospitals (4 including the Asylum) to 1 in under 20 years. Anyway, suffice to say the site is now rubble awaiting houses. Ill take a picture of it when im back from holiday, but if you cant wait, Graham took some pictures of it being pulled down when i was at uni, and this random bloke went on some "UrBeX" here - reccomended.
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