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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 >my name is brian barrett and i was there in st >gilberts approved school in 1947 1954 and im sad to >hit this brick wall as im writing my book of my life >as im 70 now and have a 10 yr old son belive it or not >and i would like to add this cruel and horrible place >in my book and its not anywere to be found can anybody >tell me if i can view these hiden records u talk of >and tell me how i go about this thanks mr b barrett >liverpool

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