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The Sunday Times magazine, 29 September 1968. Contains an article titled 'Mental Hospitals - a Suitable Cause for Conscience. The article features photographs of Hensol Hospital, Whitchurch Hospital, and other long-stay hospitals in England.

Collected as part of the 'Hidden Now Heard' oral history project. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, this three year project (2014-17) led by Mencap Cymru captured the histories of residents, their families and staff from six former long stay hospitals in Wales for people with a learning disability. The hospitals included: Bryn y Neuadd Hospital, Llanfairfechan; Ely Hospital, Cardiff; Hensol Castle Hospital, Pontyclun; St David’s Hospital, Carmarthen; The North Wales Hospital, Denbigh; and Llanfrechfra Grange Hospital, Cwmbran.