Disturbing actions at Willow Court.
Another group who has a narrow interest in Willow Court has been releasing and promoting a sequence of “anonymous” videos of the wards in the private and council owned areas. The claim is that the gates and doors were opened, therefore justifying what many people would call trespassing. This group is now promoting and justifying the footage by sharing it. The latest and most disturbing of these videos shows the names of previous residents who are still living in the community.
It has also come to our attention that there are a number of people who have now been entering the oval wards as the current owner, it is believed, has run into financial difficulties and has left the State.
We have also heard claims that the clean out of these wards revealed asbestos which was “thrown out the windows into skip bins, even while the Willow Court Market was on”.
We would be interested to find out the truth in these matters and also ask that the privacy of the people who either called Willow Court home or their workplace be respected and the promotion of these films and trespassing in the privately owned and council owned wards stop.
It is still unclear how much more asbestos is in the buildings however an earlier report revealed that a bulk amount was removed, but during recent conservation works it was identified that the switchboards and gaskets in the heating systems contain asbestos.
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Hi I heard a new edition of the Troubled Asylum book was being produced
Can you confirm this and maybe give a release date & price
Thank you
I’m not sure what you have heard, but I know a couple of people who are writing about Willow Court\RDH one is Lyell Wilson who is writing the history from the end of Troubled Asylum, so this will come from an ex=-employee’s perspective. Another person is writing about her experiences as a patient in RDH so will take on a different feel. There has been permission granted to reprint the history of Lachlan Park and there are negotiations to reprint Troubled Asylum. Hope that helps.