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Lancashire / Re: Mansfield Street school Ardwick Green
« on: Friday 28 July 17 04:40 BST (UK)  »
Hi
yes I was there c1962 My brothers and sister also went to the school Barry Alan Carol and Sandra Nixon.

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Was there an orphanage or childrens home on the site of Styal prison
« on: Friday 28 July 17 03:36 BST (UK)  »
Yes, and later an open air school for 'delicate' children. I was there  c1958.
 f you google Styal Open Air School you will find lots of info  :)

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Search for burial record: death 7.1.1895 WILMSLOW, in the county of CHESTER, UK
« on: Friday 28 July 17 03:31 BST (UK)  »
Wilmslow is not in Chester but Cheshire :)

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Travelling People / Re: Beldam/Beldam connection with Lee's.....
« on: Wednesday 02 March 16 09:12 GMT (UK)  »
We have been researching the Leighs in Alsager Staffordshire. There are a lot of Gypsy links to this area of the UK. We have been unable to find Leigh. My GGM was a Leigh and married a Pattyson.

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Northumberland / Re: Whitley House - Whitley Bay
« on: Tuesday 01 March 16 13:48 GMT (UK)  »
Northumberland Village Homes is now a retirement village. Was a once a home for girls.

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Was there an orphanage or childrens home on the site of Styal prison
« on: Tuesday 01 March 16 13:36 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, it was known as Styal Open Air School. The school was run along the lines of a boarding school with various cottages Wendy Snow White Robin Hood etc. I was there in 1958/9 for eight months
The school was surrounded by fields and well kept during my time there. It was an orphanage  at one stage I believe.
There has been some bad press about Styal and I can only speak for myself when I say that I did not experience any sexual or physical abuse. I learnt more at the school than I did in my local school. Art and  Music gardening as well as everyday lessons were offered at the school. Uniforms were clean and kids well fed and cared for, albeit in an emotionally deprived environment but then comfort was not 'the thing' anywhere else, people were much more emotionally restrained in those days.

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