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Typescript document describing 'Voluntary Services for the Mentally Ill in S. Glamorgan'. Includes William Nicholl Home, Royal Hamadryad Hospital, University Hiospital Wales, Sully Hospital, Tegfan Day Hospital, and Whitchurch Hospital.

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.