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Hi Mike,
I am sorry that I have not replied to your message earlier like I said, I am struggling to find it tbh. I checked my email and it’s nowhere to be found, I am sincerely sorry as unsure to what has happened to it. Could you possibly resend to my email address please? Kind regards Rosemary 🤣
Hi Mike,
I am sorry that I have not replied to your message earlier like I said, I am struggling to find it tbh. I checked my email and it’s nowhere to be found, I am sincerely sorry as unsure to what has happened to it. Could you possibly resend to my email address please? Kind regards Rosemary 🤣
i am researching my family tree, i have found that my grandfather (albert david little 1925-1996) and possibly his brother (Ernest fredrick little 1927-1995) were at shenley fields cottage homes in 1939 (census record).
if anyone remembers them or has photos or just memories i would love to hear them.
or if anyone needs help with research im happy to help if i can.
missyjae5@gmail.com
thank you
I turned to alcohol to block out the issues from a young teenager in care until I was given 6 months life expectancy in March 2005.
Prior to being an adult, I had many suicide attempts .... which I am so happy I was never successful ..... as my life has now completely changed.
I left Glasgow as a teenager to escape the memories of abuse .....
I now am 16 years alcohol free, in recovery from alcohol addiction.
In process of setting up a charity in Glasgow, Scotland for Male Adult Survivors of Child Abuse ...... where we will be looking to support other males who were abused in children's homes..
I am making a massive decision and returning to GLASGOW after 30+ years, since fleeing the memories of abuse.
I also am the Founder of a small non profit organisation supporting individuals in recovery from alcohol addiction.
If I can be off any help OR maybe you know me from these Children's homes back in the 1980's .... please feel free to contact me in private.
Any chats will be confidential
Email : FingerprintsRecovery@gmail.com
Regards
Brian Morrison
I have various letters with headed note paper.
Hi Michael,
Talk about a blast from the past lol, do you remember my sister Christine and me I wonder! We was at Tennyson Lodge from 69/70 for a while during school holidays as we was at boarding school after our mum passed away so Dad could continue to work.
I have wondered what happened to you after Cheviots in Hornchurch and moving on into adulthood.
I hope life is treating you well. Well not too sure about your age now but Chrissy and I are both in our early 60’s so many years have passed and so much happened too.
Thank you for mentioning Aunt Laura and Uncle Ted as sadly I had forgotten their names, never their kindness though and the love and care given to us all. Do you remember the day trips they took us all on to Clacton, their beach hut too and the awesome holiday to Combe Martin. Are you married with children and grandchildren now!
Tennyson Lodge and our youth seem so far away now don’t they… I hope this finds you well and happy. If you would like to make contact my email is: Rosemary.singleton10@yahoo.com take care kind regards Rosemary and Christine
My younger sister Christine and I went to Tennyson Lodge in Harold Hill I believe from 1969 during school holidays. I remember spending at least one Christmas there and every one of us getting a sack full of presents which was amazing in those days. I still recall some of my gifts to this day. I knew Michael Webb lol. I am not wholly sure how long we was at the home because my sister stayed longer than me as I was returned home. I recall we went on trips to clacton but sadly I can’t recall the names of those in charge at that time anymore. I remember us all going on holiday to Combe Martin and sleeping in iron bunk beds in an old church hall, such a great time was had by us all. I didn’t know this site existed until a few minutes ago, thank you for placing a message, as I was searching for the name of the home. I hope life is treating you well, are you still in Essex? Kind regards, Rosemary 😊
I was also in Broomlands in Middlesbrough and Park End.
hapbaye@gmail.com
thank you
cjh1953@gmail.com
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I was in Redding House, Children's Home, Scotland. 1971-75. I was 10yrs old in 1975( I was also known as McCarroll)
Has anyone heard of "Downs Syndrome / Children's Homes Swaps"?
Where "No Paper Work" was required to take any Kid they wanted out of Homes and placed their own Kids in Institutions such as Lanark and Bellsdyke(RSNH).
Medical Records lost and no Records (shredded) to prove abuse suffered, before and during 'incarceration'.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
I am looking for anyone who may have lived at Eastry children’s home when my mum stayed there. Unfortunately my mum is no long with us but I am doing research on her life for our family tree.
Her name was Margaret Ann Holliday but preferred to be called Maggie. Her brother Pat stayed there also. I’m guessing it was around 1967-1974. Any details of her life there, her friends and relationships would be gratefully received. Thank you
carolinebrenchley46@gmail.com
Many thanks if anyone can point me in the right direction. HP
hapbaye@gmail.com
We had wonderful bonfires and Christmases and Easters. All the people were lovely and we made loads of good friends.
The trouble was that when you had to leave you all mostly likely lost touch and they had not really prepared us to live independent lives.
The change was quite a shock.
All in all though I have only good memories. My dad came to see me nearly every Sunday but my mom rejected me as a baby really, maybe because she had already got too many children.
I would just like to say thank you so much to all the different House Mothers and their husbands and the Aunties who made my childhood as happy as they did.
I’m trying to find out which care home my mum would of been in with her brother, after her mum remarried, she is Linda May Henderson and her brother her was Terence Arthur Henderson, although we do believe that it says her father was Henderson but we are not sure if he was the father as he denied her all her life, she was born in Gosforth, Northumberland her mum was Stella Shaw, Henderson, Greeves, Thompson, any help at all would be greatly appreciated thank you Karen
My memories of the orphanage were of it being hard, but fair and we were treated kindly. Going to bed with with a slice of bread, a glass of water, when naughty. Lining up for the loo, and we 'had' to go, while the kids queued up in sight and yelled for us to hurry, when we couldn't go. Yet we were not allowed up till we'd gone. Standing in row to wash the sinks with ajax. Then all given a spoonful of olive oil or something like that.
The tiny pet lizard in the terrarium.
And miss Green. Looked after us.i remember
Olwin jones. Her brother ivoror ..cannot remember any other kids.freddy archer was in the home next to me and olwin. Be interested to hear of anyone from then. I.amJackie Corner. From Newcastle..jackiecorner1@gmail.com
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I'm looking for information on a Children's Home called Redwood in Kent, possibly Canterbury. My brother spent some time there in about 1979/1980. Can't find any trace of it online. Does anyone remember it?
I worked at St Marys Nursery in Cold Ash. Nr Thatcham.
I worked at Holy Child Nursery. Waldern Road. Chilsehurst . Kent in the 1970s
I worked at Barretts Green Nursery. In Harlesden. in the 1970s as well
Shawn_harrison@icloud.com
The Home has since been pulled down and I believe a Sports Hall is now on the site.
I remember a Nurse Danby, a small woman who wore a surgical boot for her limp.
Can anyone else remember Roxburgh House I wonder?
exnihilo.semper@gmail.com