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Our story starts with a visit to
Cumbernauld by Linda O’Malley the Area Co-ordinator for the West of
Scotland for Erskine. A necessary word here. My generation was brought up with
the title “Erskine Hospital” which itself was an update on the previous title.
Nowadays the whole enterprise is simply called “Erskine”, but rather than
being located in the west it has taken upon itself to operate in the east
and the north until it has become a particularly Scottish
Organisation.
Linda’s visit was a huge success most
especially amongst those members of Branch 1355 who had not had a recent update.
An invitation was accepted to go and visit Erskine and see what was being done
and get a chance to talk to the Residents as well as the staff looking after
their multifarious needs. Here we are, with Linda, outside the main entrance the
only missing member being Sam who stands in as one of our two photographers.
ERSKINE - March
2006