{"id":10383,"date":"2015-09-19T14:01:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T14:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetimechamber.co.uk\/beta\/?p=10383"},"modified":"2025-03-14T21:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T21:40:24","slug":"illustrated-magazine-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetimechamber.co.uk\/beta\/blog\/illustrated-magazine-1953","title":{"rendered":"Illustrated Magazine, 1953"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then, eBay throws up an unexpected gem and we snap them up in an instant. \u00a0This one was just the same, an article on Mental Hospitals from 1953 focusing on the Winson Green hospital in Birmingham, which is now a prison. \u00a0We can&#8217;t say much more, so we will let the images do the talking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetimechamber.co.uk\/beta\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Original-Name-WT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10390\" 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images &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimechamber.co.uk\/beta\/blog\/illustrated-magazine-1953\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Illustrated Magazine, 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