04/08/2026
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'This can't be it?' I said to myself as I pulled up to the tucked-away old 'lunatic asylum' in Northfield.
On the skyline, the old water tower of what used to be the Rubery Hill Hospital loomed large over a more modern complex, home to the little shop I was seeking out just a 15 minute walk from Great Park.
I shuddered to think of what life might have been like there in 1904 for Brummies like me, neurodevelopmentally disordered and prone to the occasional fit of 18th century women's hysteria.
As I stood next to the Grade II-listed chapel that remains, I marvelled at how lovely and warm it all felt here in 2026. 😍
To answer my question from the start, this was, in fact, 'it'. The shop I'd been looking for.
I followed the signs to 'The Scrapstore' past boxes of fresh tree plums that were free to finders and meandered through the complex to the sound of a dance troupe practicing their latest number.
🏥The hospital was used through both World Wars to treat troops that had seen hell.
