Name (required):

  Expression ^{(Optional mood/title along with your name) Examples: (happy, sad, The Joyful, etc.) help)}

  E-mail address (required):

* Type your message here:
>>>Hi >>>My father was at St Gilbert's Approved School, >>>Hartlebury, Worcs in the 1940s. He remembers it >being >>>run by the Christian Brothers but they deny this. >>>Does anyone know how I can find out for certain who >>>ran it? >>>Thanks >>>Lesley >> >>Hi Lesley >>Good news. Therre are 18 'hits' at the National >>Archives (old Public Records Office) website for "St >>Gilbert's". It seems to have been based previously in >>Suffolk and to have moved to Waresley House Hartlebury >>Worcs in 1944. >>To look up relevant items, go to >>www.nationalarchives.gov.uk then Search the Catalogue >>(far left, towards the bottom, don't know why they >>hide it away down there!)- then just type in St >>Gilbert's -including the apostrophe. >>Click on the title of each item you're interested in, >>then if you want even more information, click on the >>Full Details tab. However, you may find (as I have) >>that many of the documents you'd like to see are >>closed for 75 years and not available to you until - >>in this case- 2018. >>Most, if not all, records relating to borstals and >>approved schools are 'exempt data' under the Freedom >>of Information Act. You can ask specifically for >>particular records to have either their 75 yr closure >>status or their FoI exemption to be 'reviewed' but I >>wouldn't hold your breath! >> >>I'm writing a dissertation about historic houses in >>educ@tional use- hence my interest in Brandeston >>House, and how I came to find your 'cri de coeur'. As >>an historic researcher by profession, I can offer you >>lots of guidance on where else to look for information >>and would be happy to do so off-forum. > >Leslie, >It was indeed run by the Christian Brothers up until >the late sixties when it became a state school >following the end of Approved Schools. I was there in >the late fifties. >I too have found it frustratingly difficult to find >information about the Brothers or the school as it was >then.

Notice: Copies of your message may remain on this and other systems on internet. Please be respectful.
The Voy.com User Agreement applies to all visitors.