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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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