Breaks my heart , oh dear God such utter cruelty , poor Lucy she never had a chance , threw in a room & locked up for good .....who the hell gave these people the right to make these laws , you horrible wicked people , God Love all these people in this video , broke my heart watching this .
How horrendous this lady’s story is. Unfortunately, a story that thousands of women, now pensioners could tell. I once cared for a lady in a supported living home. She told me her Mother put her into an institution after becoming pregnant at the age of 15. She never saw any of her family again. Now at the age of 65, she has spent all of her adult life in care. There are no words to describe the complete injustice.
I know it was a long time ago, but so sad to think that she was committed simply because she had a child out of wedlock. Just goes to show how much society's changed x
Churchill wanted single Mothers sent away and children born with disabilities destroyed so that they were not a burden or a drain on society. Only room for the strong and the weak and feeble minded put away and forgotten
I trained at Stanley Royd Hospital in 1969/1971. There were so many old ladies who were institutionalised because they had babies as young girls. It was so cruel
.. this expression of human life is so sad. Lucy was robbed of her life .. and her chance to feel motherhood. So sad. Would anyone who knew her, .. family .. friends,..... feel able to express their memories of Lucy please ? Or indeed, would anyone feel able to recall .. the life and experiences of others who too were incarcerated. I feel, .. absolute aching heart ...... and so soon ago in history. I feel that each of these persons should be accounted for .. respected in some sort of plaque at the very least. Or a remembrance garden, which highlights and gives some indication that many lives were ruined and taken without justice. Stating that times have changed does nothing to honour those who must've suffered immeasurably. Although a peace garden sadly cannot help them now, at least it might serve as a mark of respect and a symbol that people were wronged. Culturally we learn and adapt and change, but to do so we are standing on the ..... immeasurable suffering and .. day after day after day of incarcerated .. what must've been incomprehensible suffering .. and the way patients must have tried to cope mentally feels impossible to grasp. I wish we could name every one who was detained here ...... and give each of them a place in our hearts.
They should be shunned. Look at the mental retarded asylums back then....filled with unwanted or "slow" and retarded children, most of which, were born out of wedlock. Watch those videos. Sadly, it still goes on, today.
I wish there could have been a follow up to this film. I find myself watching it over and over again wondering whatever happened to these women. One thing I suppose that we know for sure is that they are all dead.
Nobody’s life is wasted unless the person decides to waste it. It may seem to be a waste to others, but God had a purpose for her. Lucy’s children needed to be born, and Lucy fulfilled a need whether she knew it or not. Her work and ability to be among the mentally challenged did help others known to God. That Lucy survived to old age is a credit to her tenacity and a lesson for others.
Sad very HEARTBREAKING 💔 RIP to all who have died there this is unforgivable,
Breaks my heart , oh dear God such utter cruelty , poor Lucy she never had a chance , threw in a room & locked up for good .....who the hell gave these people the right to make these laws , you horrible wicked people , God Love all these people in this video , broke my heart watching this .
How very sad God Bless them may they be at peace
you get less for murder in the UK now, she did 40 years for nothing
The saddest thing is, if they didn’t have a mental illness when they were admitted, they did after
How horrendous this lady’s story is. Unfortunately, a story that thousands of women, now pensioners could tell. I once cared for a lady in a supported living home. She told me her Mother put her into an institution after becoming pregnant at the age of 15. She never saw any of her family again. Now at the age of 65, she has spent all of her adult life in care. There are no words to describe the complete injustice.
So sad😓
I know it was a long time ago, but so sad to think that she was committed simply because she had a child out of wedlock. Just goes to show how much society's changed x
Churchill wanted single Mothers sent away and children born with disabilities destroyed so that they were not a burden or a drain on society. Only room for the strong and the weak and feeble minded put away and forgotten
@@fretboardmaster70 So he was as bad as Adolf Hitler, the person he defeated in the war? Ablist eugenics, you could maybe call it.
I trained at Stanley Royd Hospital in 1969/1971. There were so many old ladies who were institutionalised because they had babies as young girls. It was so cruel
she was just put away, locked. How is this possible ? just by having 2 children. how evil
This lady brakes my heart all her life
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@@lindathrall5133 Ohhhh Lord, what does it matter??!!
.. this expression of human life is so sad.
Lucy was robbed of her life .. and her chance to feel motherhood.
So sad.
Would anyone who knew her, .. family .. friends,..... feel able to express their memories of Lucy please ?
Or indeed, would anyone feel able to recall .. the life and experiences of others who too were incarcerated.
I feel, .. absolute aching heart ...... and so soon ago in history.
I feel that each of these persons should be accounted for .. respected in some sort of plaque at the very least.
Or a remembrance garden, which highlights and gives some indication that many lives were ruined and taken without justice.
Stating that times have changed does nothing to honour those who must've suffered immeasurably.
Although a peace garden sadly cannot help them now, at least it might serve as a mark of respect and a symbol that people were wronged.
Culturally we learn and adapt and change, but to do so we are standing on the ..... immeasurable suffering and .. day after day after day of incarcerated .. what must've been incomprehensible suffering .. and the way patients must have tried to cope mentally feels impossible to grasp.
I wish we could name every one who was detained here ......
and give each of them a place in our hearts.
Nothing's changed, this is still happening to some people.
My poor aunt was sent away as she was raped at age 19 until her 70’s so sad
That really is sad, may she rest in peace
Heartbreaking
No wonder my Mum didn't talk much about her past,
Shame on their families
yes thats very true,women who had babys back then were shunned
Because it was out of wedlock right a bastard child and those days
They should be shunned. Look at the mental retarded asylums back then....filled with unwanted or "slow" and retarded children, most of which, were born out of wedlock. Watch those videos. Sadly, it still goes on, today.
We as humans are still learning and making colossal mistakes.
I wish there could have been a follow up to this film. I find myself watching it over and over again wondering whatever happened to these women. One thing I suppose that we know for sure is that they are all dead.
I used to work in a hospital like that, in the 80s, people were put into group homes when the institutions were closed.
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This is part 2
yes it is sad to see these women!
Nobody’s life is wasted unless the person decides to waste it. It may seem to be a waste to others, but God had a purpose for her. Lucy’s children needed to be born, and Lucy fulfilled a need whether she knew it or not. Her work and ability to be among the mentally challenged did help others known to God. That Lucy survived to old age is a credit to her tenacity and a lesson for others.
god has nothing to do with it.
Wow, how cruel. Hope you are not working in social services.
I wonder whether her children tried to look for Lucy
Incredible. Part of counselling studies 2023.
So sad 😢how could you refuse a letter like that
Orrr God bless the ladys, you picture your nanna it she was in there shoes.🙋👍👌
Heavy these dudes needed more than a few hours to get together
WOW this is tragic. How can anyone justify this .
there would be an awful lot of women in mental homes these days, by those standards!
Sherrie Bird Let's put Farrah in there!
Lucy was a bit of a girl wasn't she...love her.
EVERY LIFE DOES MATTER IN THE EYES OF GOD JUST LOCKING WOMEN UP FOR HAVING AN ILLEGITIMATE BABY THAT'S WRONG IT ROBBED THIS LADY OF HER LIFE
Lower grade??
Did Lucy have learning difficulties?
No, she seems to have learnt pretty quickly by all accounts.
I would say she was a strong young woman she stood up for herself my God for having a baby, she is at peace now RIP Lucy 🙏🙏💞💞😢
The effects of institutionalisation might not help, whether she did or not.
Bet Lucy was a real looker back in her day.. by the sounds of it, men couldn't stop getting her preggers.
Obviously this illegitimacy thing didn't last, as a stigma.
Lucy didn't become a bit of a slag, she became a total slag.