Whitchurch Hospital is a closed Mental Health Hospital in Cardiff 🏴
1908-2016
Used as a military hospital during both World Wars.
Originally known as the Cardiff City Mental Hospital.
Account run by Whitchurch Hospital Historcial Society (Est. 2009)
Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society
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On this day in 1915, The official opening of the Metropolitan War Hospital, Whitchurch.
Reported in the Western Mail, 10th June 1915.
Thanks to Ceri Stennett for the Western Mail photos.
Remembering so many that were treated @whitchurchhospital.bsky.social following #DDay
This patients index book is @glamarchives.bsky.social
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Could this month get any better?!?! We think not.
First, our big @araukie.bsky.social Annual Volunteering Award win and now a shiny new blog post, the first written by new Project Officer, the wonderful Steph! As always, many thanks to @archiveswales.bsky.social for hosting on their blog 😁🎉💃🌟💯
Does bosib y gallai’r mis hwn fod yn well na hyn?!?!
Mae’n anodd credu.
Yn gyntaf, ein buddugoliaeth fawr yng Ngwobrau Gwirfoddoli Blynyddol @araukie.bsky.social ukie.bsky.social, a nawr blog newydd sbon, a’r cyntaf i gael ei ysgrifennu gan yr anhygoel Steph, ein Swyddog Prosiect newydd! 🌟🤩👏💃💯
🎉🎉ENILLWYR!! Rydyn ni mor gyffrous i gyhoeddi ein bod ni wedi ennill Gwobr Gwirfoddolwyr Archifau gan @arauk_ie Am ffordd o ddathlu gwaith ein gwirfoddolwyr gwych yn ystod #WythnosGwirfoddolwyr!
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🎉🎉WE'VE WON!! Absolutely thrilled to share that Crowd Cymru has won this year's @araukie.bsky.social Annual Volunteering Award. What a way to celebrate the work of our brilliant volunteers and the Crowd Cymru team during #VolunteersWeek!
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Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society
Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society
Did you know you can borrow the Case of Memories from our RCN Scotland library if you work in care homes?
The 1950s bag is filled with replicas of nursing items used at that time, and can support reminiscence activities with your residents.
📧Get in touch - https://bit.ly/402wDAr
#CareHomeOpenWeek
We shall remember them.
Thanks @whitchurchhospital.bsky.social
Cardiff City Mental Hospital is also renowned for setting up one of the first, #OccupationalTherapy departments in the UK in 1930. Read about the remarkable life of Patricia Sunderland:
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Crowd Cymru
Crowd Cymru
Crowd Cymru has won the 2026 ARA Archive Volunteering Award. The judges said of this project: “An amazing project that shows what can be done with ambition and gaining necessary funding. The proje...
Remembering so many that were treated @whitchurchhospital.bsky.social following #DDay
This patients index book is @glamarchives.bsky.social
#WhitchurchEmergencyHospital
#SecondWorldWar
#DDay82
#rememberandhonor
Nottinghamshire Nursing History Group
Occupational Therapy History Matters
Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society
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Crowd Cymru has won the 2026 ARA Archive Volunteering Award. The judges said of this project: “An amazing project that shows what can be done with ambition and gaining necessary funding. The proje...www.archives.org.uk
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Imagine starting a new job and winning an award in the first few weeks… I’m Steph, the new #CrowdCymru Digital Volunteering Project Officer working alongside Jen Evans, who many of you will know from ...
On this day in 1915, The official opening of the Metropolitan War Hospital, Whitchurch.
Reported in the Western Mail, 10th June 1915.
Thanks to Ceri Stennett for the Western Mail photos.
Hello 👋🏻 to all our new followers, it’s lovely to see all of you.
We share the history of the Cardiff City Mental Hospital, later known as Whitchurch Hospital. The hospital also served as a military hospital during both World Wars.
The hospital closed to patients, 10years ago, in April 2016
