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Title: way house brockham
Post by: BOYTEN on Monday 08 March 10 10:56 GMT (UK)
Hi does anyone know if there is any way to get the entry records to the way house training school for girls at brockham ? My mother entered the school in 1911-1915
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: aghadowey on Monday 08 March 10 11:10 GMT (UK)
You've posted in USEFUL LINKS by mistake so I've moved your post to SURREY board (since there is such a school in Brockham in Surrey but if it's not the correct county do let us know the location and we'll move this thread).
Meanwhile Google finds lots of information-
an interesting history of it here (http://www.brockhamvillage.co.uk/about/about_history/about_industrialhome.htm)
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: BOYTEN on Monday 08 March 10 11:22 GMT (UK)
hi thanks for that - have seen that but want personal records really of entry
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: Valda on Monday 08 March 10 18:46 GMT (UK)
Hi

I think the people to ask about this one and whether any records survive are the Surrey History Centre

http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Surrey+History+Centre?opendocument


It would be interesting to know their answer.


Regards

Valda
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: BOYTEN on Monday 08 March 10 21:34 GMT (UK)
thank you have written them an e mail to see. bit worried about whenever they can release the records if they have them as they are under 100 years old anita
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: Valda on Monday 08 March 10 23:09 GMT (UK)
Hi

Do tell us whether they know anything about the records. I can't see anything in their catalogue that says they hold any records, but if they don't they may know whether or not anything has actually survived. If they have and they are under the 100 year ruling, depending how far under it will be at the record holder's discretion and usually only to a direct descendent, something you may have to prove.

Regards

Valda
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: BOYTEN on Tuesday 09 March 10 05:55 GMT (UK)
ok thank you will do- are you looking for the same thing then?
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: Valda on Wednesday 10 March 10 20:01 GMT (UK)
Hi

Just interested in institution records in Surrey and whether they may have survived and if so where they are held.


Regards

Valda
Surrey Moderator
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: catalyst on Friday 11 June 10 11:42 BST (UK)
I would also be VERY interested if you find anything. Just found my great-nan on the 1911 census at the Brockham Training home for girls. Not sure when she entered or left, just that she was there when the census was taken! She died in 1939, so our family knowledge is very limited. Good luck.
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: Stephen1917 on Thursday 16 June 11 14:27 BST (UK)
Hello all of the above. My mother, as Marjorie Eileen Brown, arrived at Way House in 1922, aged five. She had been born on the wrong side of the blanket, to a merchant-class mother, who was from the Winchester area, though the birth was registered in Plumstead. I want to find out where Marjorie was in the intervening period. I shall follow up the leads above. My mother wrote down her memories of being there, and I should be happy to e-mail them to anyone who might be interested.
     Good seeking.

        Stephen.
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: MichelleLangdon on Wednesday 16 October 13 15:20 BST (UK)
Hi
I belive my grandmother was taken into Way House, Brockham around 1915 / 1919. 
I am trying to find specific records too of her time there
Does anyone have more detailed information of the home during the first world war and later into the 1920's.
Thanks for any research / findings people can off
regards
Millie
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: Stephen1917 on Wednesday 16 October 13 15:37 BST (UK)
Hi. Thanks. My late mother did some notes on her time at Way House from 1922, from which I compiled a memoir. If you are interested I can send it, though some digging out may be needed. I also have a group photo, from perhaps around 1927, with quite a number of girls in costume. I'm reminded that it's high time I scanned it.
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: MichelleLangdon on Wednesday 16 October 13 16:25 BST (UK)
Hello
Yes please, I'd love to read your mother's memories of Way House and to see a picture of the girls at that time.
My grandma would have been 12 in 1927 her name was Violet Elizabeth Sturgeon (or maybe registered under the surname Woolaway which was her natural mother who I have traced on the 1911 census. I would love to know why she ended up being cared for at Way House rather than within the family home with the other older 6 siblings.
(illegitimate I fear but hoped to find some more information from some other sources).  I'm rambling - sorry !
Thank you so much for your reply and really look forward to hearing from you further

kind regards, Michelle
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: Stephen1917 on Wednesday 16 October 13 16:43 BST (UK)
I'll try to get back to you asap, though as to the memoir I may have to find a print-out or wade though some floppy discs (time I sorted it anyhow). I suppose you should be grateful she didn't marry any man named Bott!...you've probably heard it before.
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: MichelleLangdon on Wednesday 16 October 13 17:15 BST (UK)
Many thanks again !
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: jen1956 on Sunday 13 December 15 13:35 GMT (UK)
Hi - my name is Jenny and I live in South Africa. I am new to family research, but have been told about Way House and believe my late aunt resided there in the 1920s. I don't know anything about Way House other than what I've found on line, so I have been very interested to find the post from Stephen1917. I would love to read your late mother's memoirs to give me an idea of the life my aunt had in those days. And it would be so great if you could email the group photo you mentioned from about 1927. Hoping this won't be any trouble for you. Thank you in advance.
Jenny
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: Stephen1917 on Sunday 13 December 15 14:30 GMT (UK)
Hi Jenny. I'm not terribly used to using this format, and the system's being a bit cranky following my return to Windows 7. In the first instance, I'll send my mother's memoir (which, if I hadn't mentioned, I put together from her handwritten notes).
   [Actually I can't, because they say it's too long. Therefore, we need to be in touch by direct e-mail. I hereby give permission for RootsChat to send you my e-mail address.]

    Regards,
                 Stephen.


Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: jen1956 on Sunday 13 December 15 14:55 GMT (UK)
Thank you Stephen 1917 for your quick response. How great if you could email me your mother's memoirs - and maybe the photo as well? But - I don't know how I go about getting your email address from Rootschat? I don't have a problem giving you my email address in a post on here though.
Jenny
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: Stephen1917 on Sunday 13 December 15 15:11 GMT (UK)
Hi again Jenny. OK, though they may not approve.
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: jen1956 on Sunday 13 December 15 15:15 GMT (UK)
Oh - I don't want to upset them! So, how do we get each other's email addresses then?
Jenny
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: Stephen1917 on Sunday 13 December 15 15:55 GMT (UK)
I'm sure it wouldn't actually upset them! Anyhow, having noticed the option, I attach the memoir; look forward to sending some photos (perhaps you could give me some idea of which to send first).
    Stephen.
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: Stephen1917 on Sunday 13 December 15 16:05 GMT (UK)
I looked back through the thread and noticed that the other lady posted her direct e-mail address, so feel free.

Stephen.


Email addresses removed see next post.
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: rosie99 on Sunday 13 December 15 16:08 GMT (UK)
You can exchange email addresses by using the personal message system.  The Mods will delete it if you post it on this thread.  There is a link to send PM's under your avatars

This may help

http://www.rootschat.com/help/pms.php

Rosie
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: jen1956 on Sunday 13 December 15 16:45 GMT (UK)
Oh dear - this is all very confusing for me! Anyway, will give it a try like this for Stephen 1917.

Jenny
Title: Re: way house brockham
Post by: jen1956 on Sunday 13 December 15 16:46 GMT (UK)
Oh - just realised you sent an earlier post with the memoirs! Thanks so much.