Not all inmates were imbeciles or idiots, in the latter part of his life my Father suffered with HUNTINGDONS, he was a very clever man in his time, but his illness made him a different person during his last years, when he spent the time in Highcroft.
He died in Highcroft in 1968. I still miss him.
Another chap in there at the same time was still suffering from the effects of the Great War, hiding under his bed most of the time. He was classed as mad, but he was suffering shell shock, something completely different.
A there was Charlie, he was mad. He used to lean against a radiator looking out of the window. While there he would pee through the radiator while no one was watching, then mop his water up with his handkerchief and hang it on the rad. to dry. So maybe not so mad.