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U3A Shared Learning Project 2016
Project for 2016: The history of Normansfield’s buildings Exploring the history of Normansfield’s buildings and their rooms, we will research the development of the site from 1868. When and why were they built, at what cost, when demolished, what used for through the years, who lived and worked in them. We will create site maps, […]
Find out more »Normansfield – Protecting a Theatrical Past
We have been continuing with our ‘Normansfield – Protecting a Theatrical Past’ project and have now almost completed the external drainage work to both sides of our basement area where our scenery storage rack is based. The drainage team opened and repaired the existing drainage channels and have now connected and installed a sump pump. […]
Find out more »Langdon Down, The Legacy
World Down Syndrome Congress 2015 19-21 August 2015 Chennai, India Participants from countries across the globe meet, share knowledge, experiences and perhaps open new frontiers in improving the lives of people with Down’s syndrome. The Congress focuses on Panchtatvas – Social Awareness & Self Determination, Health, Education & Employment, Support System, Rights and the Law for people with […]
Find out more »‘Normansfield – Protecting a Theatrical Past’
U3A Project 2014 | Long Stay Institutions for People with Learning Disabilities: Earlswood Asylum
The genesis Prompted by a parishioner, Mrs Plumbe, who had read an article by Samuel Gaskell (see below) and had a son who was admitted to the asylum in 1848, Rev. Andrew Reed founded the “Asylum for Idiots” charity in 1847. Reed had already founded three charities for orphans and also “The Royal Hospital for […]
Find out more »Present in My Past
[vimeo 130333304 w=500 h=281] A brand new animation which brings to life the social history of people with learning disabilities and how they have been treated by society. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and developed in partnership with staff at The University of Leeds. Present in My Past from Purple Patch Arts Purple Patch […]
Find out more »Talk: James Henry Pullen
The Genius of Earlswood Asylum 10am – 11am Saturday 27 June 2015 A talk about the life of James Henry Pullen, (1835-1916), a resident of the Royal Earlswood Asylum near Redhill, who is believed to have had the condition of savant syndrome. Known as the Genius of Earlswood Asylum, Pullen created a series of […]
Find out more »Free talk: The Residents of Normansfield
Patricia Collen and Tony Hudson 6.30 Tuesday 16 June 2015 | Langdon Down Museum The stories of those who lived at Normansfield from the late Victorian period to the closure of the hospital in 1997. The talk will feature the lives of Patricia, Tony, Dolly and Walter. Short archive films will also be shown. Pip […]
Find out more »A Social History of Learning Disability: Langdon Down Museum
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