Glenholm School, Brockenhurst

[jonrobatta]

I'm looking for the school my mother attended for a year around 1940, and I've come across a reference to Glenholm School, Avenue Road, Brockenhurst which seems to have been a girls private school from kindergarten to prep school age.

It was running from before 1922 until at least 1939, quite possibly before and after those dates.

Does anyone know or remember anything about this school?  I'll be very grateful for any more information, including what the building was like as I think it may now have been demolished.

Many thanks, Jonathan.

[ReadyDale]

Hi Jonathon,

I assume this is the same search as your earlier thread (Foxlease)?
I don't have any info for you, but if you do a Google search (including the quotes):
"glenholm" brockenhurst "avenue rd"
The New Forest Centre seem to have a postcard of the building. They might be worth a call.
Looking at a map showing Avenue Road, it seems to be fairly central in Brockenhurst, so not sure there is enough room for the "long tarmac drive" mentioned previously, but that may just be a trick of time.
Good luck with your search. Let us know how you get on.

[jonrobatta]

Hi there. Yes, you're right it's the same search for my mother's old school.  Maybe a bit cheeky to have started a new thread, I thought it might get more attention...
My thinking was, this might have been the boarding house my mother talks about, then they were all bussed off to a separate site for lessons.
As it happens I had already tracked down the postcard and the library sent me a scan - only it doesn't show the building, it's a school photo from 1922!
However there does seem to be what looks a bit like the roof of a thatched cottage in the background on the other side of a large hedge, so it might have been next door or on a road behind.
Anyway, if anyone knows any more about Glenholm School, what the building was like or the names of any staff in 1940, it would be great to hear.
Thanks!

[jonrobatta]

I've also heard something about a girls (?) school in Ashurrst which apparently might be a possibility, but no more details.  Does anyone have any ideas where that might have been?