This is a short film documenting the experiences of former staff and patients from High Royds Hospital. This was a long stay institution for people suffering from mental ill health which closed in 2003.
The site in Menston near Leeds has since been redeveloped into private living accomodation but some of the old buildings remain.
The film was part of a community project done in partnership with Huddersfield University and the Thackray Museum, looking at the history of High Royds Hospital. The film contains interviews with ex-patients and staff from the hospital and we didn’t censor or edit any of their comments or thoughts/feelings as it is very much about their own personal experiences of living and/or working there and their stories were told from their own perspective.
We did a follow up project with ‘Time to Change’ where more interviews were filmed and stories captured and again allowed participants to speak freely about their own experiences, positive and negative ones. Part of our ethos is to give communities and individuals a ‘voice’ in documenting the history of Leeds in all its diverse aspects.
Film made by Ed Torsney, Mojo Media.
With thanks to: Mark Davis for photographic illustrations (www.highroydshospital.co.uk)
21 авг 2012
