We are grateful to Richard Talbot, author of 'the Royal Manor of Penhull' (which includes chapters on the Cottage Homes) for letting us have this photograph.
Penkhull Cottage Homes
The National Archives records that these cottage homes were also known as the St Christopher Avenue Cottage Homes.
They were opened in 1901 and initially had 12 homes. This number was nearly doubled in later years.
The homes remained in use as children's homes until the mid-1980s. The actor Neil Morrissey talked about his time in Penkhull homes (describing them as a street of children's homes) in the 1970s in a BBC programme aired in 2011.
The cottage homes buildings still stand although they have now taken on different uses.
Do you have any memories
you would like to share of
Penkhull Cottage Homes
or the children's homes that followed them?
LOOKING FOR RECORDS?
We were initially sent these details: A leaflet about how to access records held about you by Stoke on Trent Council can be found here. Complete the form on the pdf document and send it to:
Access to Personal Information Governance Officer
Family Support Research Unit
380 Chell Heath Road
Stoke on Trent ST6 6PD
01782 235885
HOWEVER, the links we were given are no longer functioning, Until we have managed to see what has changed, please try these contact details (as provided by the Care Leavers' Association):
David Green or Carole Steel
Access to Records Team
Safeguarding Unit
Stoke on Trent City Council
380 Chell Heath Road
Chell Heath
Stoke-on-Trent ST6 6PD
Tel no: 01782 234 313
Email: david.green@stoke.gov.uk
Link to ATR information and ATR request form
Please also see our section on Accessing Records
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