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Royal Haslar Hospital - Portsmouth - Oct 14

DirtyJigsaw

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Evening,

This report is nearly from a year ago, wow, time has gone fast, but I am uploading my reports to this forum slowly but surely.

Visited with MrDan and a non member, this was my 3rd attempt at getting in here as the first attempt for me consisted of not finding a way into the building and then hearing dogs barking, then looking and seeing 5 police cars in the car park inside the grounds lol.

Second attempt got caught again not being able to find a way into the building and being escorted off site by secca, so it actually was THIRD TIME LUCKY :)

Spent 10 hours inside on that day and got out unseen aswell which was a bonus.

Due to the amount of time in there this report is abit pic heavy.

Little history from wiki:

The Royal Hospital Haslar was designed by Theodore Jacobsen and built between 1746 and 1761. The site opened as a Royal Navy hospital in 1753. It has had a very long and distinguished history in the medical care of service personnel both in peacetime and in war since that time, treating many tens of thousands of patients.

Haslar was the biggest hospital – and the largest brick building – in England when it was constructed. Dr James Lind (1716–1794), a leading physician at Haslar from 1758 till 1785, played a major part in discovering a cure for scurvy, not least through his pioneering use of a double blind methodology with Vitamin C supplements (limes). The hospital included an asylum for sailors with psychiatric disorders, and an early superintending psychiatrist was the phrenologist, Dr James Scott (1785–1859), a member of the influential Edinburgh Phrenological Society.

In 1902 the hospital became known as the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar (abbreviated to RNH Haslar).

In the 1940s, RNH Haslar set up the country's first blood bank to treat wounded soldiers from the Second World War.

In 1966, the remit of the hospital expanded to serve all three services – the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, after which time, it became known as the Royal Military Hospital Haslar.

In 1996 the hospital again became known as the Royal Hospital Haslar.

In 2001, the provision of acute healthcare within Royal Hospital Haslar was transferred from the Defence Secondary Care Agency to the NHS Trust. The Royal Hospital was the last MOD-owned acute hospital in the UK. The decision to end the provision of bespoke hospital care for Service personnel was taken prior to the UK's expeditionary campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, but was nevertheless followed through, largely on the grounds of cost. The change from military control to the NHS, and the complete closure of the hospital have remained the subject of considerable local controversy.

The hospital formally closed in 2009 and the site has since started to be redeveloped.

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Thanks for stopping by :)

DJ

 

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Some belters in there mate, quality report :)

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Always like seeing Haslar reports and it's a shame it won't be the same for much longer. Some nice moody edits here (y)

 

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A great place & set, I like the photos very much. Captured very well and successful points of view.
Thanks Andy :) Would love to go back with my wide angle now

 

DirtyJigsaw

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Always like seeing Haslar reports and it's a shame it won't be the same for much longer. Some nice moody edits here (y)
Yeah, all the beds, tables etc being shipped out :(

Cheers

 

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Really nice mate, I do hope that you rung the bell and took a seat? haha. Shame to hear that things are progressing now with everything. (y)

 

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Nice one fella! Really must get meself down here again at some point...

 

PROJ3CTM4YH3M

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Cracking report, everyone loves a bit of Haslar :D Crosslink rooftop shot is nice :D love it up there :)

 

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Not sure why this is appearing as a recent thread but good to see it again all the same! I wouldn't mind a revisit there!
 
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