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Hi Davros123,
Yes Zephyr is correct, it was a Salvation army home (also know as the Star Hall - there are pictures and photos on the web)  that took in unmarried mothers and cared for them during pregnancy and sometimes afterwards, my Gran and Dad were there for 6 months after he was born but when she returned home he was cared for and brought up by the family and to the outside world would be her little brother. This only came out when he was in his seventies.
The building is no longer there and the road has been renamed, Merrill Street.  The Salavtion army do have records for this time and they actually had the records I was after which amazingly filled in all the blanks. I just emailed them, Kevin Pooley was the contact there.
Hope this is of some help.

think you have hit the nail on the head.

Yes thats him, still proving difficult to pin his birth down and find out who his parents are but wont be deterred.

thanks for all the help very much appreciated.

Hi,
From his marriage certificate his name is Frederick Harry Kimber age 29 in April 1904 occupation farmer, no Fathers details, this is part of the mystery, he married Edith Ada Mary Darknell in Charlton Musgrove church Somerset.

Looking at the 1891 and 1901 cencus there is a Frederick Osment, nephew to James and Annie Kimber and in 1901 he becomes Frederick Kimber nephew born in Charlton Musgrove. 

James Kimber did have a sister Martha Ann who was married to an Osment so there is a twist in here somewhere but would really like to find hard evidence as to who his parents were and if he really was born in Manchester.

Have looked for birth record with no success, any pointers you could give would be most helpful.

Many thanks

Trying to find out any information about Ernest Snape, born 1918, was married in 1943 to Mary Louie Watt, he was a Sergeant in the REME and she was in the Land Army.
If I have his army number where would I search.

Any help very much appreciated