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Title: Beresford House Boarding School, Eastbourne
Post by: hmcmillan29 on Tuesday 19 May 09 08:09 BST (UK)
Hello,

I was wondering if anybody had any photos of the building "Beresford House Boarding School" that they could share with me.  I have tried "googling" it, but not come up with anything.
My Grandmother went there as a child whilst her parents were out in India.

Many thanks
Hazel   :)
Title: Re: Beresford House Boarding School, Eastbourne
Post by: sandra70 on Friday 22 May 09 19:37 BST (UK)
Hello Hazel,

I thought Beresford house school still existed, but was told it was knocked down
some 20+ years ago.....and I live in Eastbourne !
You may get some joy if you contact our local newspaper, as they print loads of
old photos and may have some in their archives -
Eastbourne Herald     www.eastbourneherald.co.uk

regards
Sandra
Title: Re: Beresford House Boarding School, Eastbourne
Post by: Mum44 on Friday 22 May 09 19:56 BST (UK)


Possibly Eastbourne College Public School may be able to help, since their astro turf pitches are apparently now on the sight of Beresford House School  ;)
Title: Re: Beresford House Boarding School, Eastbourne
Post by: sandra70 on Saturday 23 May 09 16:39 BST (UK)
Hi
I understand the Beresford House girls went to Moira House, when the school closed....
so may be worth checking Moira House as well.

Sandra
Title: Re: Beresford House Boarding School, Eastbourne
Post by: petmas on Saturday 23 May 09 16:53 BST (UK)
Try Googling "Beresford House" Eastbourne and you'll get some hits. Pete
Title: Re: Beresford House Boarding School, Eastbourne
Post by: hmcmillan29 on Monday 25 May 09 21:33 BST (UK)
Hello to everyone who replyed,

Thank you all very much for helping me.  (I was away for the holiday weekend, so sorry for the delay in replying).

I will contact the Eastbourne Herald and see if they can help me as well as Moira house too.

Your comments are very much appreciated and thank you for taking the time to assist me.

Best wishes
Hazel
Title: Re: Beresford House Boarding School, Eastbourne
Post by: Avalon Leaf on Saturday 10 April 10 14:06 BST (UK)
You'll need a FaceBook account, but I just posted some photographs here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1102333844#!/group.php?gid=4776563683&ref=mf

The page is called "Beresford House School was Cool!"
Title: Re: Beresford House Boarding School, Eastbourne
Post by: hmcmillan29 on Sunday 11 April 10 10:33 BST (UK)


Hi Avalon Leaf,

Many thanks for taking the time to help me.  I dont have a facebook account, but I have a friend who has, so next time Im with her, I will deffo check out your page.

Many thanks

Hazel
Title: Re: Beresford House Boarding School, Eastbourne
Post by: Sarah Holifield on Sunday 01 December 13 18:43 GMT (UK)
Hello Hazel,
This is a very late reply but tonight I was going through my late Godmothers papers and I found photos and a prospectus of the school.  Her mother began there in 1898 !
If you let me have your address I can forward to you what I have
Sarah
Title: Re: Beresford House Boarding School, Eastbourne
Post by: mazi on Sunday 01 December 13 19:05 GMT (UK)
Hi Sarah and a warm welcome to rootschat :)
Hazel has not been online for more than a year but she should receive an email alerting her to your kind offer
Meanwhile if  you make a couple more posts here,--just say Hi or similar you will then have 3 posts and can exchange info with Hazel using roots chats personal message system.