Learning more about the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum (16+)

Face to Face Recovery College Courses

Can you imagine what it was really like to live in the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum? Or for those families whose loved ones lived there? Have you ever considered what it may have been like for those that worked there? What did a typical day in the asylum look like?

Did you know that the asylum was one of the world’s most famous and active research institutions?

This fascinating collection reflects the real people of our districts and our partners at the West Yorkshire Archive Service are offering you the opportunity to look through some original records from the asylum and learn about a 19^th century patients journey from admission through to discharge.

You will learn how far we’ve come in terms of the treatment of mental ill health, the reasons people were admitted and what life in the asylum was really like in the 19th century through the records of this unique collection.

This workshop is part of a series being held by the West Yorkshire Archive Service. Why not check out the whole series and book your places…

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Learning more about the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum

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Click here to read a blog by Rachel, one of Course Co-ordinators, which she wrote after attending some of these courses.