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I was sent there from Glasgow in 1973 due to issues within the family and stayed for 6 weeks.
I can only remember a little West Highland White Terrier called Kirsty, a rather severe teacher/staff member called Miss Corbett. There were several girls per dormitory and my main memories are LONG walks each day, an old film (on projector) on Saturday nights and playing records in the recreation room some evenings. There was also a tiny room, almost like a cupboard, which was used as a tuck shop on Saturdays. I don’t expect anyone to recognise this but if you don’t ask….thank you!
I’m trying to find information on a Childrens Home I was in from 1980 for around 4/5 years, it was in Mandale Road Bournemouth and was at the time called Mandale Road Observation and Assessment Centre. It’s like it never existed and is not even in the list of Dorset childrens homes.
I’d be very grateful for any information anyone has.
Carmen January 2023
This was not Les Alderman who was a Saint of a man a only wanted to help children lost in a system....
I'm trying to find out some information about an Open Air school that my Mum went to. I believe it was in Whitegate, Cheshire. My Aunty referred to it as Marstons but I don't know what the actual name was and I cannot find anything referring to it. My Mum's maiden name was Mary Badger and I believe she was prefect for some time. Her date of birth was 8/4/32 and I understand that she attended the school perhaps in the early 40's. I understand that she really enjoyed her time there but when she was alive, she didn't really ever talk about it. I'd be really grateful if anyone can help with any other information, if not about my Mum, just about the school itself.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Dawn Boyle
email: dawn.boyle1@btinternet.com
Mob: 07891 037 987
My Interest is the enquiry by David Howard 2020
I don't want to embarrass anyone on here by naming all the kids who were in at the same time as me and my family. If you know of anyone who was in the home at this time, please email me at jaa140854@gmail.com. Thanks heaps and it would be wonderful to hear from anyone in either of these homes who knew us. Many thanks J
They should be able to tell you if they can help.
im looking for information about shenley fields cottage homes in northfield in or around the 1930-1940 mark.
I have a record putting my ancestor in the cottages around 1939, I know his mother died at a young age in 1930 and i presume his father could not afford to keep the children himself.
Albert david little 1925-1996 would have been around 5 years old when his mother passed away.
im not sure if his siblings followed the same route as him.
He is listed as " at school" if anyone could put a name to the school that would be great.
thank you
Wren's Warren was at Coleman's Hatch, Ashdown Forest, East Sussex and moved to Laleham School, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent in the early 50's
Im trying to find details about a childrens care home in the 60s - run by nuns i believe - in beech road,hastings.
Any info much appreciated
In relation to Clint Turner dtd 2nd Jan 2019.
I was in Monks Barn around the age of 7ish (1966 ish). I was in with my siblings being 3 girls and myself. Naturally, as with most sagas of the times, being In & Out of the "Care" system from my age of 3 1/2yrs until the Army in 1976, these are the names of the houses that I remember.
I personally remember Care homes as, Monks Barn Reading, Wessex Way Maidenhead, Greenfield House Maidenhead, Courage or (Curridge) House, Murray House Wokingham, Suffolk Lodge also in Wokingham. Some of these I revisited and stayed more than once. Initially the family fell apart when living in Grove.
There we family issues at home so we stayed here for a short while We had the time of our lives, we both loved being there ,the staff were adressed as Auntie or Uncle great fond memories of Uncle George and Aunt OE.
Uncle George bet me a weeks pocket money that i could not stop taking sugar in my tea . Next pocket money day i got double!. Not taken sugar since.
I can envisage the layout of the house in my mind. Through the front door on the left was the dining room on the right the day nursery for the little ones.straight ahead the office on the right before the office was the stairs up to the bedrooms.
I used to love helping in the kitchen when we had creamcheese for tea. I wish i could remember how it was made! We were always well feed , clean and tidy.
When mum came to get us to go home with her i was given a beautiful doll all in hand made clothes.
Happy memories we made at Starfields
Does anyone know of a children's home that was in Regent's Park in the late 1950s to early 1960s?
This may have also been known as RIVERSIDE ASSESSMENT CENTRE.
I was placed there in approx 1984 for a short period of time, however all records seem to have disappeared of it ever existing as a children's home during this time period. If anyone had ever stayed here or knows of this home please contact me, thankyou
sharonhardy87@gmail.com
If anyone was there or knows anything please contact me sallahrakha@aol.com
my email is billday 2022@g.mail.com
Emma - esykes26@yahoo.co.uk
I'm hoping someone might be able to help with the name of the home, or may have known Aunty Josie.... or have any information regarding a girl called Jose Sambrook ( otherwise known as Susan Carhart) or a girl of that year called Bernadette of Irish extraction. Or possibly any of the local boys who were called John Woodhouse ( known as "shed") who lived on Churchbrow Bolton le Sands. There was also two boys one a village boy known as Ian a local farmer's son. And Micheal also a resident of the children's home in 1966/7.
All info grateful received please contact me on suemeredith28@gmail.com
Thank you
Sue
I am looking for anyone who has information on Nazareth House - Newcastle Upon Tyne in the 1900's my Great Aunt Elsie (Clark) lived there as a child and I believe stayed there a long time. I've tried to look for records but have had no luck!
Any advice would be appreciated.
emzidanny@hotmail.co.uk
Dad didn’t share very much about his time in care, only that his parents would visit every weekend even though they had to travel on multiple buses to get there.
He would often have flashbacks to that time, complaining of the abuse that he suffered - being locked in a bathroom all night without food or water, only wearing pyjamas and having to sleep on the cold tiles. Male staff were sexually abusive.
Can anyone confirm that they were also abused?
I’m sure many of those “men” have since died which means justice cannot be carried out.
Dad passed away in June 2021, he had recently been diagnosed with leukaemia and he then contracted a chest infection while in hospital.
I too was at Mount Hermon Children's Home in Hastings between 1946 to 1951. I remember your name and the others that you mention. Do you remember me?!
I moved to Aberdare House and stayed there till I was 16yrs old.
I would be very interested to hear from you at: brucelivall@hotmal.com
Thank you
Nicola
Sheila