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Unlocking the stories about Staffordshire's three county asylums: Stafford, Burntwood and St Edwards in Cheddleton.
The exhibition explores the treatments, daily routine and social life of the staff and patients. It looks at how the asylums were built and run, and how effective they were in helping the people who were sent to them. The exhibition features letters, documents, photographs and objects from the Staffordshire Archive and Heritage Service collections, revealing the impact of the asylums on patients and their families and how these institutions changed and developed over time.