Church Stretton History Group - Events

This month's speaker has worked as a Mental Health Nurse for 37 years, having both trained and nursed in Shelton Hospital, formerly the County ‘Lunatic’ Asylum which opened in 1845, and finally closed in 2012. At its height the hospital was treating 1,000 patients.

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The "Shelton Hospital Community 1845-2012" Facebook page was then set up and in this way the stories of staff members' first-hand perspectives on life inside Shelton were gathered. These included many accounts, especially among night nurses, of paranormal experiences including a wandering grey lady, a shadow man who lurked in corners and slipped under doors, a ghostly choir and organ in the Chapel, and the matronly staff ghosts and laughing children who appeared in places they once frequented.

Kate has used these in her well-received book "Spirits of Shelton: 1865- 2012 Including History & Past Treatments 1845-2012 " which will form the basis of her fascinating talk.