Hello, has anyone heard of Barnburgh Children’s home, Beech Avenue, Exeter? I was there in the early 1970’s and I would love to see a picture of it to help me remember. Mrs Bourne (might have spelt that wrong)
There were some kind women there who cared as much as they could and I had a far better time there than when I got returned to parents

Hello I'm searching for information on where a baby would have been placed in the mid 1960s living in Exeter. Mum went into hospital and was unable to care for the baby for a period of a few months, the baby was somewhere between age 6 months - 3 years old. All they were told by their mum is they went into care. Finding it very difficult to find information!! Many thanks.

hello, still looking for anyone who was in eastry chidrens home in '77 and '78
iggsy1@hotmail.com

I knew your dad Colin Bench Vicky at Lower WickHouse in reply to your message in 2019
barrywiow@gmail.com

I lived in king Edwards Grove kids home in the 1969 to 77 other home in the rd 46 .68. And 4 but also had mates in the Kingston Lane homes and the orchard I remember many names .. Chris during. Tracey Johnson.david cannonball Carl letter Moore ..William and George Armstrong..William Georgey..these green. Bobby..larna.gina.david Bennett.paul.railly. bridge o conner.micheal Rose and many more

Did you live in one of the homes in Teddington in 1969 to 1977 if you did i mite no you 31 king Edwards Grove also 4... 68. And the other home in the rd at that time also Kingston Lane holes and the orchard home

Mandale road O&A, @ Carmen, I was there early 80’s. After searching it seems DCC are erasing the past!

Gary

James Speed 10.08.1934 was placed into Fife County Council Care since birth. We're researching William Wilson, the chief public assistance officer and Inspector of Poor, Margaret Paxton, Aithernie House. Lundin Links, Isabel Scott Moncrieff, The Castle Elie and the other members of The Fife Children's Home Executive committee. We are trying to find who had cared for him before being placed into Quarriers Orphanage at 8 years in 1942.

Looking for any pictures of Carsewood home in Howwood. Can't find a single 1.

Hi I’m looking for info of my father in law who was in a children’s home in Dublin can anyone help

Hi,
My brothers & I were in a Children's Home called Sunnyholme in Broadstairs, Kent in 1971 but I am struggling to find any record of the home.
Does anyone know of it, or maybe a former resident there?
I believe it was run by a Canadian charity called Society of Hope, Mr Fegan's Homes.
Any information would be useful.
Many thanks
Rod Allen

Hi Chelsea. I was brought up in Lochgarry Children's Home. Would love to connect, as also found others. Email : brianmorrison.glasgow@gmail.com

Looking for any information about Broomhayes Children’s home Northampton Devon , 1970s

Hi,
I’m wondering if anyone knows of ornamore children’s home in London around the 1960s my mother in law is wondering if she can find some photos of when she was in there?
If anyone can be of any help please email me on
Chantilly.b123@yahoo.co.uk

Hi in answer to Jacqueline Naylor, regarding Broomlands childrens home, I was in Broomlands childrens home in 1961 aged 5 and again in in 1967, I was in one house with only boys and Auntie jones was house mother and my sisters were next door were Auntie Cones was house mother,in 1967 the house mother was Auntie Caroline Baxter, I enjoyed my time in Broomlands childrens home, which is more than I can say about some of the other childrens homes, I’m on Facebook if you want to chat. Kind regards, Alan Crook

I believe that along with my two brothers we were in the cottage homes about 1941 give and take a few years.

Any information would really help in my search. Thanks!.

Hook Heath Farm, Pond Road, Woking Surrey. Anyone on here that was in this Home between 1957 to 1962 ?

Hi.i was in broomlands assesment centre in middlesbrough cambridge road from 1985 until 1987. Im trying to find anyone who remembers me (M.A.K). I have good and not so good memories whilst there

Anyone know an orphanage in/around Preston Lancs names Borough Bank? I was in there in the 1960’s

Did anyone go to a children s home in Norfolk in the 50s?

Margaret Brider
Paul Brider

My mum and uncle were there and suffered trauma that they will not talk about.

Trying to understand more.

Thanks
Sara

I was at thornchase hostel from 1969 - 1973. I am looking for information about my admission to the hostel is there any way I can find out please.
John Wallace (macapaca1961@gmail.com)

Carmen re: Mandale Rd Centre. This appears sometimes in old copies of the Social Work Today Jnl. In 1978 it said that it could accommodate up to 21 children, aged between 5 - 18. I think it might have been run by the Dorset County Council. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Hi Jackie Spence,
My eldest brother was in Whinney Banks home from being approx 8 years old, and stayed there till he was 18 and possibly later. He really liked Anne Coverdale. Other than that I can ask him if he knows where Anne Coverdale is.

Hi . I'm trying to piece my past together. Looking for information on children's home in Carnforth Bolton Le Sands. Big old building across from the river 1969 till mid 70s can't remember name of the place just remember it was pretty scary and old full of wood paneling inside. I'm sure it had white walls and black beans in the outside could be wrong though...

Looking for Jonathan Taylor who was in broomlands assessment centre in Middlesbrough also auntie Anne Coverdale who ran Whinney Banks family group home in Middlesbrough

Hi I'm trying to access my father's records from St Leonards Children home, Essex. He was there from 1939 until 1952.

Hello all,
Am wondering if there is anyone who may be able to help me trace a relative. I'm trying to trace a RAYMOND CEDRIC NAPPER, born 1921/1922. He grew up in an Orphanage, most likely in the Liverpool area but never revealed the name. I have no record of his birth or existence until 1936 when he set sail on the DRAMATIST as a Deck Boy. Any advice or tips on where to start would be gratefully received !
Contact: georgiC@hotmail.co.uk

hi all. i would like to hear from anyone who was at eastry childrens home in the late 70's
iggsy1@hotmail.com

Hi,
This is likely a long shot as I am struggling to find any record of this child having existed but I am determined to answer the mystery which has been on my mind ever since my Granny told me the story. My Granny's cousin, who was older than she was by about ten years or so, had a sibling that my Granny remembered meeting only once. The child was put into a home due to being disabled but my Granny was too young to have remembered anything about the disabilities. I say child although I am sure it was a girl my Granny spoke about.
My Granny was born in 1937, she passed away five years ago now and still talked to her cousin, named Mary Dick, who was in her 90s and in a home in Montrose, Scotland at that point. I have checked the historical records available via various sources and found Mary Dick to be the only child of her parents Elizabeth and James. There is a possibility that the mystery cousin wasn't Mary's sister but perhaps another cousin although I have struggled to find much information on any second cousins. Elizabeth Dick, the mother of the mystery child, had the maiden name Seraphina - a name which I think stands out and might be the key to unlocking this mystery - particularly if this little one was not the sister (or possibly brother) of Mary Dick.
Does any of this mean anything to anyone? There don't seem to have been many places that a disabled child would have been sent to in the 1940s (Time is an estimate) in Scotland but my information is too limited to really start searching within archives.
Does anyone have any advice on how I could begin to narrow my search, does anyone have any records or memories of a child in a home for disabled children with the Surname Dick, or Seraphina? The family lived between northeast Fife and the wider Montrose area for generations on either side of this person in case that is of any use. I would be really grateful for any information, Thanks,
email: abbiewilkie96@yahoo.com

Looking for a mr loft who was in for years but ended up living in gatehouse xx family history many thanks..loft family loads of them from woolwich xx

Hello looking for girls who were in Milton House Remand Centre, Croydon between 1976-1978. The Home housed girls who were under 16. Email Fatti at messageme1976@gmail.com.

I was at laleham special school Margate kent around1955.mr punch was headmaster.and I believe a mr day took sports.one of the special people I met was a Joan Hart who came from Dartford kent. I would love to hear from her or indeed anybody who stayed there around the mid 50s. My stay there was special I was well looked after .i will be forever grateful to all who made my stay an experience I will never forget forget. Regards ken 07384470889.

Hello, I'm looking for some information on a children's home that my father was in around 1970-1972. The home was in the Malvern Hills on the Herefordshire/Worcestershire border. It was a large house on Upper wyche Road. I have had no luck finding any record of the home online and wondered if there was anyone who had any information. He passed away in 2021 and I'm just trying to gather some information on his younger years. Thanks

Where are the kids who went to the orphanages at Lockeridge, West Overton, Wiltshire and the Dorney Children's Home in Dorney, near Windsor, Bucks? The kids from West Overton near Marlborough were brought over in the early 1920's to Dorney. These orphanages were run by a philanthropist Mrs Headlam, wife of Sir Cuthbert Headlam. Many kids were returned to parents, some were sent overseas as in my father, Bertie Powell, born 1919 and arrived in Western Australia in 1927. I have been researching these details for more than forty years. Please, where are the kids and their descendants today?

Hello I am looking for girls who were in Milton House Remand Centre, Croydon in the 1970s. messageme1976@gmail.com. Fati

Does anyone have information of Cardross Park Home, Dumbarton, Myself my brother & Sister were there late 50s early 60s

Hi I’m looking for anyone who remembers or lived/worked at Richmond Street mother & baby home/Enville place Ashton-Under-Lyne October 1982-January 1983. I can’t seem to find any trace of it anywhere and I was removed from my mother at this home (I have my social service records) if anyone has any information it would be greatly appreciated. strett1010@gmail.com if anything Thankyou so much

Hi

I have been trying to find a children's home - 'Burnbank (house short stay) Children's Home on Burnbank Road, in Belmont, Any information after 1970 or really any information about it at all would be very helpful. It is nowhere to be seen online. Thank you for your time. Andy

I was at Broomlands Cambridge Road middlesborough in 1975, I was in unit 2, Mrs mcardle who ran the unit, there were 3 units. I was there january 1975 for 3 months, broomlands was good happy there, moved onto a different place which was he'll on earth in April 1975. Remember a few kids I made friends with I enjoyed Broomlands.

Hello, I am trying to find people who were resident in a children’s home in Normanby, near Middlesbrough in the 1970’s and 80’s. The home was called Eston House and situated on Normanby Road in Normanby. I’m pretty sure that it was run by the Middlesbrough Catholic Diocese.
Be great to hear from anyone who lived there during this time. Thank you.

Michael

Hi I am trying to find the name of a children’s home/orphanage in Hornsea, Yorkshire. I visited this home for 2/3 weeks with my two sisters Carol Goodwin15 and Gloria Goodwin 10 in August 1963. My name Jacqueline Goodwin 12. We had recently lost our mum at a young age and our health visitor arranged for us to visit to allow our dad some space as there were six children.
I remember the home having a huge dining room with a huge table seating about 16-20 children of all ages from 2-10. The eldest girl was the same age as my youngest sister Gloria. Carol and myself were the eldest. I had a large bedroom to share. The kitchen had a washing rail across the whole length of the kitchen constantly full of drying washing. We were taken out often with older children in the mini bus and remember being taken to Bridlington. We spent many hours playing with all of the children.
I remember the staff at this home being very caring and made us feel very welcome and I always thought we were there to stay, until one day they took us to the railway station for our trip back to London. If anyone can throw any light on this home I’d love to hear. Thank you… jacoleuk@aol.com

I am searching for a friends I made in the mid to late 70s. We met as st michaels house in ditchingham near Bungay. I’m looking for Pauline and Christine. Forgot last name but they are twins and Pauline was my best friend. I think they came from Derbyshire I think. Would luv to hear from her.

Hi I'm looking for some friends I meet while
In a childrens home called balgores 1985-86 it was in balgores lane romford Essex, sue was her name also friends from Woodstock childrens center harold wood cheryl and donna. Cant remember their surnames but any info would be good

HI i,m trying to find more information about my stay in the Railway Orphanage Woking Surrey between the years 1951 -1956 i was there along with my brother and sister ,any information would be grateful .

EDITOR: Hi Raymond - have you had a look at this page ? - https://www.formerchildrenshomes.org.uk/woking_railway_orphanage.html

Hi I'm trying to find the name of a children's home run by nuns in Prestwick Scotland in the 1960s which I was in and is there any forums on homes in Scotland in the sixties I can read online thanking you

Me and my brother went to copse house,copse cross street,Ross on wye in 1952

I'm trying to find out about a children's home in Aldershot in the 70s I was there about 73 to 79. The head nun was sister Stephanie does anyone have any information about who owned it and what happened to it. Thankyou

I am trying to find the orphanage or care home near Thames Ditton in Surrey, where my son-in-law’s father was put into care from birth.
I believe he was there until he joined the merchant navy. He was Ian Graham Gordon born in November 1939.
Any suggestions will be welcome.
Thank You.

I’m looking for any information about Boothville children’s home in Sandbach. I was a child in care there in1976.I remember all of the children who were there when I was and a lot of the staff.It would be amazing if someone saw this add and answered. Here’s hoping!

Answering Jackie Jone,
I'm sure the place your talking about is Fornethy house in Angus, I also went there.