Brigowgate Children's Home Grimsby

[marysmith]

I know that Brighowgate Children's Home opened in 1913 but does anyone know which month the first children moved in? Also, where were they before the home opened? Would they have been in the Grimsby Union?

[BillyF]

Sadie Beal`s book on the Grimsby Workhouse says it officially opened in October 1894 and the Brighowgate Home in 1913, no month given.

She also states that children lived at Workhouse under the care of Nursery Nurses until the age of 3, but my relative remembered that he went to Brighowgate aged 5.

North East Lincs Archives will be able to give you more information, but a lot of the records are still under the 100 year closure.

[marysmith]

Thank you so much for that. Do you know what happened to children then between the ages of 3 and 5? Also do you know if the Brighowgate home was requisitioned during WW1?

[marysmith]

Also, BillyF or anyone else, do you know where I can get hold of a copy of the book called "Recollections of 110A -A Nostalgic History of Scartho Road Institution" by Sadie Beal? It is not available anywhere online?

[BillyF]

I am going to send you a pm .