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ranaridibunda
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Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« on: Sunday 14 December 08 19:04 UTC (UK) »
Hi

At some point in the 50's I was put into a home called 'Roundabouts Children's Hotel'. I've managed to find on Ancestry a phone directory listing for 1954 which gave the address as 3 St Paul's Road, Weston-Super-Mare. It sounds as though this may have been a private home and I wondered if anyone either knows of this place or could tell me if/where I could maybe get hold of early records?? Thank you  Smiley

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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #1 on: Monday 15 December 08 08:36 UTC (UK) »
Dear Karen
I have sent you a personal message with the details of how to contact a local historian in Weston Super Mare who may well be help to help you

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Sue
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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 17 December 08 23:12 UTC (UK) »
Hi Karen

The aerial photo on Googlemap shows a large house 2 or 3 blocks from the seafront.

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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #3 on: Friday 23 January 09 20:55 UTC (UK) »
Sorry judb - I didn't have the notifications selected so hadn't realised that you'd replied. I have been kindly sent some photos of the house but I didn't realise that it was on the seafront so thanks for that :-)

Cheers, Karen
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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 24 January 09 13:07 UTC (UK) »
Hello Karen

The house is near the sea front but not on the seafront - it is a road away- The exact location is towards the Uphill end of the sea front away from the pier

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Sue
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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 24 January 09 15:12 UTC (UK) »
Thanks Sue - following judb's post I looked on Google Earth for myself (why I hadn't thought of that for myself I don't know!) and found it a little way away from the actual seafront. Thanks to all of you (and Brian Austin) I now have a much better idea of the place in which, as a small child, I spent some time.

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Karen
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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 24 January 09 23:26 UTC (UK) »
Glad you found it!  Living 12 000 miles away I use googlemap a lot for looking at my ancestors' residences and I'm surprised how many are still there, especially, of course, village houses etc.  In Australia and US googlemap also shows street views so you can see exactly what the place looks like - very handy.

Best wishes, Judith
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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 22 April 09 22:07 UTC (UK) »
Hi Karen
My first post on this wonderful site!
I felt I needed to reply to you as 'Roundabouts' from what I can remember was a day nursery - and I went there!
It would have been around mid 1960's about 1965 I think. All I can remember of the place from that time was that there was a highchair in the hallway where the naughty children would sit as a punishment!  I remember being sat in it once - it obviously affected me as I can still remember sitting in that highchair vividly and the smell of the dinner cooking - horrible. I didn't like it there at all, but then I was very small at the time.
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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 29 April 09 19:52 UTC (UK) »
SMG - I was there at about the same time, perhaps a year or so later. I have some photos. You are quite right in what you say about it being a day  nursery. Don't remember the naughty chair, perhaps I was a good boy! I loved it there and even was a page boy at one of the carers wedding! Perhaps we can fiind out more between us. Photo attached if it works - this is my first time on here. Malcolm

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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 29 April 09 20:10 UTC (UK) »
Hi all

Seems like there are different experiences of this establishment. I have no memory at all of being in Roundabouts but I am interested in all the posts anyway which is just as well since I started the ball rolling in the first place :-)

I was put into the home probably when I was about three years old or so. I could have been there for quite a while and it would have been residential as opposed to a nursery experience. The home must have changed it's function as the years went by I think.

Love the photograph by the way. Looks like Muffin the Mule off to the right :-)

K
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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 29 April 09 20:50 UTC (UK) »
Hi All and thanks for posting the photo Malcolm - I'm sure there must have been quite a few children who went there as it seems that it had been going for a number of years - we will have to see who else posts messages - thanks for posting this in the first place Karen, I'd forgotten all about it - blocked it out probably, it was such a bad experience for me, and at such a tender age I hated seeing my Nan leave me there!
Shayne.
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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 29 April 09 21:08 UTC (UK) »
Shayne,
I was hoping you were going to identify yourself in the photo! Never mind we will see what transpires as you say. Sad you have such bad memories. I had great fun there and Mum & dad dropped me off whilst they went to work, no problem for me at the time.
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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 29 April 09 21:09 UTC (UK) »
I'm the one on the tractor by the way!
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Re: Roundabouts Children's Hotel W-S-M
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 29 April 09 23:00 UTC (UK) »
I did wonder which one you were Malcolm!
No sorry - didn't have any photo's taken there, but I still live in Weston.
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