My Gret Uncle Alf ,,,,

A Memory of Mickleover.

When I was 5 years old my Mother and my Grandmother took me to visit my Grandmothers brother Alfred who was a patient in The Pastures ,,,,it was quite a scary experience for a 5 year old ,,, my poor old Great Uncle Alf had been taken there after trying to strangle his wife ,,,,,at that time he was completely sane ,, he had gone home from work early and caught his wife in bed with another man ,,,,he threw the man out and then tried to strangle his wife ,,,,neighbours heard her screams and shouted for the Policeman ,,,,Alf was arrested and put into the Mental Health hospital here at the Pastures ,,,,,he WAS NOT insane he was just very angry ,,,,after several years of being in The Pastures he was as insane as the rest of the patients ,,,,we all thought it was so very sad that he died in there , never being allowed free ,,,,,if he had done that in these modern times he wouldnt have been put in a mental hospital ,,,,,My poor Great Uncle Alfred ,,,,,,,