Stories
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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London, city of lost hospitals
Come on the trail of hundreds of ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
Catalogue
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Sketches of the Retreat buildings and grounds by H.G. Hampton
Date: 1925Reference: RET/2/1/22/5Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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Agreement between Trustees of the Friends Retreat and the Corporation of York for improvement of corner of Church Lane and Heslington Lane
Date: 19 May 1888Reference: RET/2/2/10/7Part of: The Retreat Archive- Pictures
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Mansel Lacy National Schools, Herefordshire, England: with a floor plan. Wood engraving by Laing after Nicholson.
Laing.Date: 25 June 1853Reference: 18309i- Pictures
The County Lunatic Asylum, Brentwood, Essex: bird's eye view. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1857, after H.E. Kendall.
Hodgkin, W. E., active 1853-1879.Date: 16 May 1857Reference: 15653i- Ephemera
Maskelyne and Cooke : the royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists ; in addition to Messrs. Maskelyne and Cooke's marvellous performance, Fritz Renhard, the cleverest facial artiste & ventriloquist in the world ; pianist, Mr. Chas. Mellon.
Egyptian Hall (London, England)Date: [187-?]