Absolutely devastating this building was allowed to be demolished. It says alot about the council! My father passed away here in 1992 and as I watched the video, it brought back memories good and bad. We need buildings like this. The amount of architectural features in the outside alone, surely would have shown the simpletons we should never have let it go! Would it have been too much to renovate and made into plush apartments? Mad!! However, thankyou so much for your time in making this short video. Thank you
I only ever went there as an outpatient or to visit relatives. I can still remember the smell of ether when you stepped through the doors. I always remember it being well run though and the nurses were always smart and efficient if not a little starchy. It was an old building though and probably expensive to maintain. They justified its closure by saying that the then Sunderland General had the capacity to meet the needs of the city. It didn't then and it definitely doesn't now.
My grandmother used to live in one of the rooms in this place as a child . Sh has a picture of her and her mother outside this building in her living room . It was a bad time though . She was born in the world war 2 and the war ended when she was 11 . She said it was scary because she could here the bomber planes flying above and the thing was they never knew if they would survive. My great grandmother always told them" if we are going to die, we will all go together" :( . Sometimes when she went to school she was told one of her classmates had -had their house bombed . It would have been a horrible time . She is now 85 (doesn't look it) and is the funniest person I've ever met . Even though she has told me about the war over 100000000 times I ask her to tell me agin as it is so interesting 😂😂😂 me and my grandma are sad that this building has been destroyed as I would have loved to go there .
Excellent video I found it very eerie . If that was your intention it worked for me. I was imagining the ghosts of the staff and patients as you went from room to room.
This brings back memories. I worked there, briefly, in 1993, as a springboard youth trainee in healthcare. Very spooky building. We had to go down to the basement to hand in the patient’s lunch menus and it was like something out of Nightmare on Elm Street, with the walls of the corridors lined with huge pipes. Still, some good memories. Had a huge crush on Paul from the Path lab. Wonder what ever happened to him
100% this place was haunted me and my friends went in hear just before they started to demolish it and we heard a lot of weird stuff in there plus down in the basement was a mourge and a psychiatric unit we found patient beds with arm and leg holders on it we only went there once and swore we wouldnt go back
Absolutely devastating this building was allowed to be demolished. It says alot about the council! My father passed away here in 1992 and as I watched the video, it brought back memories good and bad. We need buildings like this. The amount of architectural features in the outside alone, surely would have shown the simpletons we should never have let it go! Would it have been too much to renovate and made into plush apartments? Mad!! However, thankyou so much for your time in making this short video. Thank you
Just beautiful
I only ever went there as an outpatient or to visit relatives. I can still remember the smell of ether when you stepped through the doors. I always remember it being well run though and the nurses were always smart and efficient if not a little starchy. It was an old building though and probably expensive to maintain. They justified its closure by saying that the then Sunderland General had the capacity to meet the needs of the city. It didn't then and it definitely doesn't now.
another piece of Sunderland history gone absolutely gutted-:)....
My grandmother used to live in one of the rooms in this place as a child . Sh has a picture of her and her mother outside this building in her living room . It was a bad time though . She was born in the world war 2 and the war ended when she was 11 . She said it was scary because she could here the bomber planes flying above and the thing was they never knew if they would survive. My great grandmother always told them" if we are going to die, we will all go together" :( . Sometimes when she went to school she was told one of her classmates had -had their house bombed . It would have been a horrible time . She is now 85 (doesn't look it) and is the funniest person I've ever met . Even though she has told me about the war over 100000000 times I ask her to tell me agin as it is so interesting 😂😂😂 me and my grandma are sad that this building has been destroyed as I would have loved to go there .
Excellent video I found it very eerie . If that was your intention it worked for me. I was imagining the ghosts of the staff and patients as you went from room to room.
it was a sin when this was demolished
This brings back memories. I worked there, briefly, in 1993, as a springboard youth trainee in healthcare. Very spooky building. We had to go down to the basement to hand in the patient’s lunch menus and it was like something out of Nightmare on Elm Street, with the walls of the corridors lined with huge pipes. Still, some good memories. Had a huge crush on Paul from the Path lab. Wonder what ever happened to him
Wonderful memories from working there as a nurse
Thank you!
I think the only dull thing about this video is the last comment.great vid kevin.good old days
100% this place was haunted me and my friends went in hear just before they started to demolish it and we heard a lot of weird stuff in there plus down in the basement was a mourge and a psychiatric unit we found patient beds with arm and leg holders on it we only went there once and swore we wouldnt go back
Had my leg sticked up in the a&e in there as a kid,it was a beautiful old building ,crime it was a demolished!
I don't understand why this demolished instead of being turned into luxury flats. It was like a palace.
the infirmary did have a large cellar underneath as well they could have knocked down the buildings on the side and kept the main building up
I got my nose reset in there lol, 6 months after I broke it, 1972
ap72sentinal And a few poles
Its flats now
@@gazc8586 what isnt flats in sunderland?
My nephew's just bought a flat here their really nice !
Where was is in same place as new hospital
In town near burn Park it's flats now royal courts is its name