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Helen

Helen Report 30 Dec 2013 20:10

hi everybody hope you had a lovely christmas. my elderly uncle was sent to a childrens home/school in leicester between 1934-1936, his memory of the past he blocks alot but says he can remember a matron, gymnasium and he wore a uniform with a black and yellow tie. Leicester archives have unfortunately not been able to find out any information so i was wondering if anyone knew of such a place or has any information they could give me? i would greatly appreciate it.
thanks
helen :-)

Researching:
Davies :Pensarn Carmarthen, Swansea, Hopkinstown Pontypridd, Mountain Ash, Neath, Barnet Renfrey :Blackwater Cornwall,Swansea,Hopkinstown Pontypridd,Mountain Ash Soper :Rampisham,Mountain Ash, Barnet Walters :Kidwelly, Neath, Mountain Ash Pye Barnet Pettit :Bedford, Barnet Carter :Wantage Berkshire, Aldbourn Wiltshire, Southgate, Barnet Varney :Plaistow, West Ham, Fullam, Barnet

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 30 Dec 2013 20:41

hi

I think that you are probably talking about the Leicester Boys Home off the Syston Road. Their records should have been passed on to Leicester Records Office.

http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/LEICS01.html
http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/LEICS02.html

good luck

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Helen

Helen Report 30 Dec 2013 20:46

thanks, i was looking at that one, what are your thoughts on desford boys school known as the "naughty boys asylum"

Researching:
Davies :Pensarn Carmarthen, Swansea, Hopkinstown Pontypridd, Mountain Ash, Neath, Barnet Renfrey :Blackwater Cornwall,Swansea,Hopkinstown Pontypridd,Mountain Ash Soper :Rampisham,Mountain Ash, Barnet Walters :Kidwelly, Neath, Mountain Ash Pye Barnet Pettit :Bedford, Barnet Carter :Wantage Berkshire, Aldbourn Wiltshire, Southgate, Barnet Varney :Plaistow, West Ham, Fullam, Barnet

Annx

Annx Report 30 Dec 2013 23:02

This shows the now sadly neglected Polebrook House, which was the Desford Boys School you mention. Might your uncle recognise it if he was there?

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=7977

If you are thinking of places outside the city like Desford, have you looked at Countesthorpe Cottage Homes?

http://www.childrenscottagehomes.org.uk/countesthorpe_cottage_homes.html

I used to drive past the homes on my way to work in the 70s.

Researching:
Staffordshire, Warwickshire