{"id":6953,"date":"2025-08-31T19:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T18:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/?p=6953"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T18:58:22","slug":"soroptimist-bristol-visit-to-glenside-hospital-museum-saturday-9th-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/2025\/08\/31\/soroptimist-bristol-visit-to-glenside-hospital-museum-saturday-9th-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Soroptimist Bristol Visit to Glenside Hospital Museum Saturday 9th August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/08\/Glenside-Museum-summer-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6955\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/08\/Glenside-Museum-summer-2025-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/08\/Glenside-Museum-summer-2025-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2025\/08\/Glenside-Museum-summer-2025.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><strong>On Saturday 9th August, we organised a group visit to Glenside Hospital Museum which is really interesting and the presentation of the exhibits is excellent. Certainly worth a second visit.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\">With support from the Royal Society, Glenside Hospital Museum, located in the Fishponds area in the grounds of the old psychiatric Stoke Park Hospital, discovered three historic pioneers of brain research in Bristol. It is housed in the 1881 Grade II listed asylum church just inside the grounds. The main hospital building is now used by the University of West of England as their Health and Social Care Campus. Stoke Park was previously one of the residences of the late Duke and Duchess of Beaufort.<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\">Mrs Rosa Gladys Burden (1891-1939) was a matron at Stoke Park Colony, a hospital for those with learning difficulties.\u00a0 She continued the business after her husband\u2019s death and founded the Burden Mental Research Trust in 1933, donating \u00a310,000 to investigate the causes of \u201cmental deficiency\u201d. This attracted eminent scientists to Bristol, including Dr Grey Walter, who pioneered robotics and artificial intelligence from 1930-1971. He developed electrical methods to record brain activity, such as Electroencephalogram (EEG), which aids in diagnosing and monitoring brain conditions. He also created an Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) machine that helped some people with severe mental illness recover.\u00a0 This therapy is still used today.<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\">In 1944, Dr Donal Early (1917-2004) arrived in Bristol and pioneered new treatments for mental illness at Glenside Hospital. In the 1950s, he initiated research on new therapies and drugs, often collaborating with the Burden Neurological Institute.<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\">The asylum had been built to provide patients with five ingredients to support recovery and wellbeing which we are all familiar with today: a safe uplifting environment, good diet, sleep, exercise and occupation. However, with the NHS takeover in 1948, the element of occupation within mental health hospitals was largely removed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Early recognised this and developed a pioneering system of \u201cindustrial rehabilitation\u201d. He brought real work into the Occupational Therapy department, established a factory outside the hospital, and took supported groups into open industry. By 1960, the scheme had become the Industrial Therapy Organisation (Bristol) Ltd (ITO), with patients paid to work alongside permanent employees in various industries across Bristol. ITO\u2019s success led to its replication across Britain and internationally.<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\" dir=\"ltr\">In 1979, he retired from the NHS and worked as a World Health Organisation Advisor on Mental Health. In 1984, he founded our unique and nationally important Glenside Hospital Museum, now housed in the former hospital church.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">A visit not to be missed<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 9th August, we organised a group visit to Glenside Hospital Museum which is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":6955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Soroptimist Bristol Visit to Glenside Hospital Museum Saturday 9th August 2025 | News | Blog | Events | SI Bristol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bristol : Blog &amp; News : Soroptimist Bristol Visit to Glenside Hospital Museum Saturday 9th August 2025 : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bristol . 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