Date:1900 - 1950 (c.)
Description:A 1d token, issued to patients at Cheddleton Asylum. Tokens such as this could be used to buy items or experiences while being treated at the hospital, in lieu of money. The system helped to reintroduce patients to dealing with money and budgeting for themselves before their release.
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Finding the right work for the right patient was vital to the asylum doctors and Superintendent, in ...
This token would have been issued to Cheddleton Asylum patients allowed out for the day.
A 1/2d token, issued to patients at Cheddleton Asylum. Tokens such as this could be used to buy items ...
A 1d token, issued to patients at Cheddleton Asylum. Tokens such as this could be used to buy items ...
A 2d token, issued to patients at Cheddleton Asylum. Tokens such as this could be used to buy items ...
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Donor ref:2006.031.0001(10) (37/40262)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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