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Thread #112465 Message #591667
Posted By: wildlone
13-Nov-01 - 12:51 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Bedlam Boys / Tom of Bedlam
Subject: RE: Help: BEDLAM BOYS
The Hospital was the Bethlehem hospital in London. It was a hospital or asylum for "lunatics". I believe that the Maudsley? hospital stands on the site of bedlam. Many years ago I was an enrolled nurse in a hospital for mental handicap. dave