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>>>>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. >This school was run by the De Lasale Brothers not the >Christian Brothers I was there in 61-62 and I am >pleased to say they are all DEAD

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