HOLLYMOUNT CONVENT/ children's home,BURY

[Mr. MIGKY]

many thanks for your reply .i am not sure if i have allready wrote to them before,but will write to them again.i tell you the church seems to be the hardest place to get any information out of .i have wrote to so many place's over the last few months i think i have lost trace .  it's was nice of you on your first day to try and help some one ,usely people are trying at first  to information for them selfs.
cheers
migky

[Mr. MIGKY]

read post in  tech help "CAN'T SEND PM?"

[cornishpasty]

Hey Migky,
Hope these links help:

http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/socialwork/nch.htm
http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/socialwork/lsh.htm

http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/socialwork/gene.htm

Bury and District Local History Society:
http://www.burylhs.org.uk/journal.html



Migky, this is an excerpt from an email I received from a friend:

"""I have a lot of memories of Hollymount....I will try and find the notes I wrote that man for the book and will send them to you.  I will also try to find out where the records went, I'd like to know that myself as a matter of fact.
 
So please communicate with me in answer to this letter....and maybe we could take this further for your friend.......  """

Migky, If you would like to PM me I can give you a copy of the whole email.  I think if she had your Mum's name, it might help but I was reluctant to give that out until I had your permission.  I also didn't want to include the writer's name. 


So let me know if you are interested.

Regards
CP

[Marmitch]

Author Slawson, John 
Title A labour of love: memories of the children's home, Holly Mount, Tottington
Pub info N.Richardson, 1995
 
Looked on Tottington library website and found this book title. Apparently it is for library use only, so it can't be removed.

Also looked on Amazon for it, and they have it listed, so you may be able to purcase it.

Hope this helps.

MM

Product details

Paperback: 56 pages
Publisher: Neil Richardson (1 Feb 1995)
Language English
ISBN: 1852160985

[Marmitch]

A p.s to my last posting. Copies are held ,and are available to lend at the 3 main libraries in the area. Namely Bury. Tottington and Ramsbottom.

If you are interested, I would be happy to get a copy on loan, if the information would be of use.

MM

[Mr. MIGKY]

many thanks for your offer Marmitch

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migky

[Mr. MIGKY]

if any one is looking to try and trace any sort of records from hollymount, the only link i have found to do with them is as follows. The archives of HollyMount's childrens home went to :

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[Jinxy]

Hello
I googled Hollymount convent and this was my first hit.
I  am interested in this place as my mum and her siblings were in the convent for periods of time in the 30s and possibly early 40s. her memories were not happy ones.
I'm not too sure what I would like to know really.
Just anything I suppose about the place, the people, the times.
I am doing my family history.
regards
Mona Pyes lass

[Mr. MIGKY]

Hi, and welcome to rootschat. Over the next few days i will let you have all i know about the place and the people there . Would you happen to have any Photos of the place and the children ? also could you tell me what your family's names are/were that went to hollymount please? I can if you like do this all in privet messaged for you if you prefer?
Migky