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Subject: [Leica] Padded cells - Aargh!
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue Sep 25 14:49:22 2007
References: <E2870EAF-552E-4DD3-927C-1929D7ADE39C@btinternet.com> <8596B3C8-C12D-4F06-A7A4-8B5BF9782D87@pandora.be> <883DBCA2-F1AA-4BCC-B4E8-A3F6B02E20DA@pandora.be> <C3DA782D-32AB-4D63-9715-4CAD35A35563@btinternet.com> <DC4F506D-189F-4C5D-9C2C-B99CDD8CF094@cox.net> <F53002DD-EB29-4E4A-B51A-F52097833AAA@btinternet.com> <92EF84B8-69DB-4A6F-8817-2531C78E20CC@pandora.be> <14A3CFF4-1FFA-4B13-BB68-D6B9FDFBF8ED@btinternet.com>

On Sep 25, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Charlie Chan wrote:

> Philippe,
>
> I just posted a series tonight as I don't often get time to sit  
> down - too much time working as a surgeon. I went in there last  
> week as I wanted to document the interior before the builders  
> arrive to refurbish it.
>
> It's going to cost GBP3-4 million to do so and provide us with a  
> new breast screening and cancer clinic. I wanted to go around the  
> building, particularly as I will be working there for many years to  
> come. It's helpful to understand what went on before.


I was thinking the same... as tragic as breast cancer often is, I am  
sure that what you saw will make a lasting impression even on a hard  
working surgeon...


Steve


>
> Charlie
>
> On 25 Sep 2007, at 22:35, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>> I'm a bit baffled now. Kudos for your courage, at least.
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>> Op 25-sep-07, om 23:18 heeft Charlie Chan het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> Steve and Philippe,
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking. I've posted more from my sojourn in the mad  
>>> house. It just was terribly sad and decayed. I can't imagine  
>>> living there as an adolescent.
>>>
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> On 25 Sep 2007, at 20:37, Steve Barbour wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 25, 2007, at 12:29 PM, Charlie Chan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Phillipe,
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks. I've posted them onto my LUG Gallery
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/topoxforddoc/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> sad, stark, simple...only adds to the sense of loss and  
>>>> isolation...
>>>>
>>>> I've never seen these rooms before.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>
>>>>> On 25 Sep 2007, at 20:01, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW: go to
>>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org>
>>>>>> Don't worry: it's a nice place.
>>>>>> Philippe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Op 25-sep-07, om 20:56 heeft Philippe Orlent het volgende  
>>>>>> geschreven:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks Charlie. But post them on the LUG Gallery. It's a  
>>>>>>> great place, full of wonderful photographs, and it is  
>>>>>>> completely unsponsored.
>>>>>>> Philippe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Op 25-sep-07, om 20:29 heeft Charlie Chan het volgende  
>>>>>>> geschreven:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Last week, I went to a disused mental hospital for  
>>>>>>>> adolescents, which is being converted into a new breast  
>>>>>>>> cancer clinic. As I work as a breast cancer surgeon ( in  
>>>>>>>> this building in 18 months), I wanted to see the old  
>>>>>>>> interior before it gets gutted next week.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Although I did some psychiatry as a medical student 25 years  
>>>>>>>> ago, I never saw a padded cell. Here are some that I posted  
>>>>>>>> on the Leica Users Forum.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/architecture/34717- 
>>>>>>>> i-want-free.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks for looking
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Charlie
>>>>>>>>
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