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weedinghall children's home polmont?
« on: Tuesday 27 June 06 21:59 BST (UK) »
Has anybody ever heard of this place?

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Re: weedinghall children's home polmont?
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 28 June 06 14:50 BST (UK) »
Hi Hazelnuts,

If you key the name into Google, there's quite a few articles. (I didn't read them)

It's WEEDIN S HALL Childrens Home, Polmont.

I hope you find what you're looking for.

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Re: weedinghall children's home polmont?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 27 July 06 19:44 BST (UK) »
Hi there, I have heard of Weedinshall, not sure if it's still standing or not.  roughly in the same area as the newly opened Grandsable Cemetery

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Re: weedinghall children's home polmont?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 27 July 06 19:58 BST (UK) »
I know where the station is - but from there  - where about was the children's home?
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Re: weedinghall children's home polmont?
« Reply #4 on: Monday 30 October 06 19:11 GMT (UK) »
Hi, just spotted tis post, Weedingshall was last used as a residential childrens home 30 years ago. It was then used by social work services as 'day unit' for children who would not attend or follow school rules, in old fashioned terms a list D school. It has recently in the past two years closed altogether although the building still stands. Its on the corner of the grantsable cemetry and salmon inn road junction.

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Re: weedinghall children's home polmont?
« Reply #5 on: Monday 30 October 06 20:23 GMT (UK) »
that is fantastic directions - thankyou very much.   Just could not find its position at all  =  that clears it all up for me.
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Re: weedinghall children's home polmont?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 25 February 17 16:06 GMT (UK) »
Hi Hazel - I was in Weedingshall childrens home as a child . . I arrived there when I was 6 months old so that was 49 years ago . . you can walk through the woods in Polmont to the house as I remember going with our pocket money to the Sweety shop on a Saturday. Rab

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Re: weedinghall children's home polmont?
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 27 June 17 18:23 BST (UK) »
Yes Weedingshall was a childrens home. I was in care when i was 10 and this was where i was.  :'(

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Re: weedinghall children's home polmont?
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 05 October 19 05:04 BST (UK) »
Why was your stay sad? I visited this home as a child at the behest of my grandfather.