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Title: Shaftsbury Homes Bisley
Post by: Petethebeat on Saturday 17 January 09 09:23 GMT (UK)

I am looking for information on Shaftsbbury Homes for Boys, Bisley and in particular the period 1940 - 1945. 

Title: Re: Shaftsbury Homes Bisley
Post by: lesleyblahblah on Tuesday 10 March 09 19:58 GMT (UK)

so am I for my dad. I found a conversation on here regarding bisley from a John Peeler. He suggested this site
  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/bisley/ss-1891.pdf.

I haven't looked at it yet. My dad was at Bisley from about 1936 when he was orphaned at 8 years old. He spent all of his youth until his late teens with Shaftesbury home who trained him as a whelder/engineer. He is now 80 years old and has so many memories of Bisley. He has asked me to find out what I can. His name is Norman Wells is anyone out there remembers him x

Title: Re: Shaftsbury Homes Bisley
Post by: Petethebeat on Tuesday 10 March 09 21:01 GMT (UK)

Hi Lesleyblahblahblah,
Your father is around the same age mine.  His name is John Larner and I will ask if he new Norman.  John left Bisley around 1945 and worked in London briefly making musical instruments before going into engineering. 

Regards,

Pete

Title: Re: Shaftsbury Homes Bisley
Post by: charlotteCH on Sunday 15 March 09 07:53 GMT (UK)

Hi Pete and lesley, Welcome to rootschat.

Great that you seem to have met up and both be looking at the one topic.

Good luck with this.
charlotte