The screams, at night you could hear the screams mostly from hall-6. and when ever you walked by the cages. After a while you did not notice the screams. On hall-18 some who were in seclusion would scream and yell. I guess all wards had their moments. LOL I think if you were from someplace else you would think hall-18 was very noisy, with 60 kids trying to have fun.
When we were in the dining room the attendants would make us keep quiet.
When you first arrived to the halls the screams bothered me until I seen first hand who was making them and why, it was like an unspoken language that I took part in and understood.

It was most heard walking by the caged porches like Ron said. Sometime you'de hear screams and wierd noises when a doctor was examining someone, but we never knew what was going on in there.

"Postby ronl on Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:27 am" <---in that post you left a picture of a building...I have always wondered what that building was used for do you know?

I flunked mind reading at Traverse City State Hospital, I have posted many pictures and all have buildings in them, and yes I know what they were used for.

the picture that was on your post Dated Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:27 am

idk how to put it on this.

I been wondering for a few years now what that building was used for in your post from Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:27 am

btn77 wrote:the picture that was on your post Dated Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:27 am

idk how to put it on this.

I been wondering for a few years now what that building was used for in your post from Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:27 am

This is the page your asking for, but I don't see a picture posted at 6:27am.

viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1407&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=255

Check again maybe it didn't load.

this is what it says underneath the picture: "I have seen all the other crap painted on the other buildings, this is sad too."

This was posted at 5:27am

Water Tank

click image for a full-sized view

that is the on ground water tank

thaaaaaaank you

i have some video of different buildings and such from TCSH if you would like me to post them on here let me know

Food:
I sometimes recall the food we were served.
Cow Toungs boy were these awful.
Asparagus and I still do not eat it to this day
Shrimp, I remember we had this a few times on Fridays and once I remember we all got sick. It took 30+ years before I could eat shrimp after that.
Every Friday we had fish and fish sticks, maybe thats why I do not eat fish anymore.
I remember pork, and rancent too, this taste always stays with you, I eat pork about once a year and if it has even a hint of rancent or under cooked I stop eating it till next year.
Instant potatoes yak, first generation and I hate them to this day.
Jello and flat cake was almost daily.
rice pudding with raisins was a sometimes treat.
I recall bread pudding too and custard pudding which was my favorite.
We has hamburgs and hot dogs on our summer weekly field trips with chips.
Holidays they always had turkey or ham.
I remember goulash and this was good too.
In the mornings we always had either oatmeal or cream of wheat, once in a while we had real cereal in them little boxes.
I recall sometimes instant scrambled eggs and bacon and we always had bread and butter and toast with butter.
We always had orange juice for breakfast and milk was server with every meal. Once in a while we had choloclate milk and this is still my favorite drink today.
On hall-18 if you were old enough you could have a cup of coffee.(rummered to have salt peter in it)

Ron..I remember all that food they gave us. I think you just answered some questions I've had for years.
I enjoy fishing,but I always throw them back. I never keep them. I don't mind fish, but I won't buy it,cook it and eat it myself. I never understood why I had no desire to eat it, unless someone else served it.
Cow Touge, asparagrus and instant potatoes, I've always hated.

They also served liver that was only cooked on the outside.
I drank some of the coffee, (although I was pretty young)
It was bitter and I was told about the salt peter,(it may have been you that told me) but I was also told that all hospitals served coffee with salt peter to avoid sex between the patients.

can you remember mike that some older kids had instant coffee and tang their parents brought them or they bought in the canteen