Skyclad Scribble » exploring http://skyclad.milkboys.org 空を身に着けて Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:10:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Denbigh Asylum http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/denbigh-asylum/ http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/denbigh-asylum/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:21:32 +0000 Josh http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/338/ The North Wales Lunatic Asylum was the first psychiatric institution built in Wales; construction began in 1844 and completed in 1848 in the town of Denbigh. The U-shaped Tudorbethain style hospital was built due to the spreading word of mistreatment of Welsh people in English asylums; The North Wales Hospital would be a haven for welsh speaking residents to seek treatment without prejudice or a language barrier.

Renovations and extensions were made at the hospital from 1867 until 1956, when the hospital reached its maximum capacity at 1,500 patients living inside her walls and 1,000 staff at hand. Physical treatments such as Cardiazol, malarial treatment, insulin shock treatment, and sulphur based drugs were used and developed in the 1920s and 1930s, and 1941-1942 saw the advent of electro convulsive therapy (ECT) and prefrontal leucotomy (lobotomy) treatments.

    

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Photos via Pink Neptune & Storm of The Firefly

]]> http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/memories/feed/ 5 Ruins of the Battle of Peleliu http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/ruins-of-the-battle-of-peleliu/ http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/ruins-of-the-battle-of-peleliu/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:00:48 +0000 Josh http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/ruins-of-the-battle-of-peleliu/

Peleliu is a small island that forms part of the nation of Palau in the Pacific. It’s about five hours flying time south of Japan and three hours east of the Philippines. It’s now, like the rest of Palau, beautiful, peaceful and home to more shades of blue in the sea and sky than you or your camera lens would ever have thought possible.

Blue wasn’t always the colour. Between September and November 1944, it was the site of an incredibly fierce battle between US and Japanese armed forces.

When you arrive on Peleliu, it doesn’t take long to start spotting the remains of the war. This is partly because while the US helped rebuild Peleliu (and Palau as a whole – the country only become fully independent in 1994), they just moved the civilian population from the south of the island to the north and started afresh. The south of the island and its thick jungle still contain plenty of WW2 relics.

Head over here to read the full story…
 

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There is an Urban Exploration Thread in the milkboard (Photo: Nebular Spool)

]]> http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/ruins/feed/ 0 Al Capone’s Cell http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/al-capones-cell/ http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/al-capones-cell/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:45:43 +0000 Josh http://skyclad.milkboys.org/article/al-capones-cell/

Recreation of Al Capone’s cell

No one really knows how Al Capone was able to get permission to have a phonograph, Turkish rugs and comfortable furniture in his cell. My guess is with bribes. Many many bribes. Eastern State Penitentiary was the United States’ first penitentiary, an ominous fortress of a building erected in Philadelphia in 1829. Eastern State is now a museum, and is in the same state it was found in after being abandoned. There are no plans to repair it, instead the prison is preserved in ruin.

Photos and great Article about Eastern State

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