Gressenhall: Beech House

Ruby describes her working life in the laundry at Gressenhall. It was very hard work washing all the uniforms and clothes from Beech House and

Gladys worked in Beech House, Gressenhall, from 1950 to 1953. After she left, she worked in Heigham House, a private mental health hospital in Norwich,

Norah worked in Beech House from 1938 until its closure in 1975. She began as a nursery attendant but later became the matron’s assistant. Spanning

Janet talks about working as a cleaner at Beech House when she was very young. She recalls the legends of the place and some of

Barbara gives a vivid account of working as a domestic and as a carer at Beech House, Gressenhall from 1967 to 1974. Starting as a

Ann describes working as a ‘nurse’ at Beech House, Gressenhall and how that led to a new career in psychiatric nursing. Working conditions I started