A REUNION for people who used to work at Knowle Hospital near Wickham will be held on June 15.

Some 200 people are expected at the largest gathering since the mental hospital closed in 1996. The reunion will be held at Titchfield Community Centre from 6pm to 11pm.

Some people are meeting on the following day at Knowle Village to have a look at the conversion of the old hospital site into a village.

Knowle Hospital has a long history and was one of the major employers in its day.

It was known as the Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum when it was built in 1852.