Then and Now

May 25, 2024

Comparisons of early to latest photos from Hortham

1. Administration 1933 | 1940 | 2006
2. Administration 1931 | 2006
3. Patients home 1932 | 1970s | 2006
4. Patients home 1932 | 1970s | 2005
5. Main Hall facing South 1955 | 1970s | 2005
6. Main Hall facing North 1970s | 2006
7. Hospital 1950s | 1970s | 2006
8. Laundry 1930s | 1970s | 2006
9. Workshops 1930s | 1960/70s | 2006

Source/Acknowledgements
1.1 Hortham Scrapbook, Bristol Archives
1.2 Hortham Scrapbook, Bristol Archives
1.3 From Nobodythere.co.uk, used with kind permission of owner

2.1 WS Skinner Architects, Architecture and Building news Oct. 1933
2.2 Posted by FunkyMonkey on UrbEx site derelictplaces.co.uk

3.1 From Hortham postcard from opening, National Archives
3.2 ‘Colony at work’ slides, Bristol Archives
3.3 From Nobodythere.co.uk, used with kind permission of owner

4.1 From Hortham Colony Opening booklet, Glenside Hospital Museum
4.2 ‘Colony at work’ slides, Bristol Archives
4.3 Posted by Lamby on UrbEx forums UER.com

5.1 F.G Warne LTD, possibly taken for nursing recruitment literature c.1955, Glenside Hospital Museum
5.2 ‘Colony at work’ slides, Bristol Archives
5.3 Taken from Flickr user ‘Pete’

6.1 ‘Colony at work’ slides, Bristol Archives
6.2 From Nobodythere.co.uk, used with kind permission of owner

7.1 F.G Warne LTD, possibly taken for nursing recruitment literature c.1955, Glenside Hospital Museum
7.2 ‘Colony at work’ slides, Bristol Archives
7.3 By lillimouse@Urbandesertion.com taken from UER.com

8.1 Hortham Scrapbook, Bristol Archives
8.2 ‘Colony at work’ slides, Bristol Archives
8.3 From Nobodythere.co.uk, used with kind permission of owner

9.1 F.G Warne LTD, possibly taken for nursing recruitment literature c.1955, Glenside Hospital Museum
9.2 ‘Colony at work’ slides, Bristol Archives
9.3 From Nobodythere.co.uk, used with kind permission of owner