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Article: SCARE-DIFF ROYAL INFIRMARY; World War One soldiers, vanishing matrons and poisoned chalices - with the impending renovation of Cardiff Royal Infirmary set to open another chapter in 130 years of history, JOHANA HARTWIG examines the Victorian building's eerie past...
- Article from:
- South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- June 23, 2009
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THEY are visions that would have driven some to madness.
Imagine staring at a woman on a security camera filming the scene just yards ahead of you.
When you look up there is no-one there. Then the ghostly figure on the camera turns and walks away.
This was just one hair-raising experience of security guards at the iconic Cardiff Royal Infirmary, but there are many more.
The CRI stands in the city centre with stories of more than a century of history and heroism, illness and death in its walls.
It is soon to be partly demolished ...