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Re: barrholm childrens home, largs
« Reply #36 on: Sunday 27 April 14 20:49 BST (UK) »
Hi Chrissie

Welcome to RootsChat  :)

Goodness, is this you and family here www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=540741.msg4383952#msg4383952 - reply #6 from some time ago.

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« Reply #37 on: Sunday 27 April 14 22:06 BST (UK) »
Yes that's us all still living x

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« Reply #38 on: Sunday 27 April 14 22:27 BST (UK) »
I never stop being surprised about how lucky we are today to connect with the power of the internet.

It wasn't reply #6 was it  :P - it was #14!

Hopefully Scotty68 can add more...

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Re: barrholm childrens home, largs
« Reply #39 on: Sunday 27 April 14 22:43 BST (UK) »
Hopefully we went to Barholm after our mum took ill she died shortly after we had been there.
We got split up me and Marie went to one set of foster parents and Maurice and Gilbert to another we eventually all ended up together in one house.We have another sister Margaret and brother Charles they were too young for Barholm went to nursery in Paisley they also ended up with USC

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« Reply #40 on: Sunday 27 April 14 22:50 BST (UK) »
Hi Monica
I was really hoping there would be more photos and records x

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« Reply #41 on: Monday 28 April 14 13:55 BST (UK) »
Chrissie, everyone who has posted on this thread will have got an email letting them know of your new posts. Hopefully someone may have more photos from that time or be able to add further details :)

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« Reply #42 on: Wednesday 10 September 14 13:18 BST (UK) »
Hi all, I have just joined Roots Chat - been researching my family history and my gran and her brother and sister were admitted to Barrholm in Largs in November 1922 from Auchentorlie in Paisley.  Her brother died in 1923 and the two girls were fostered out to Comar Muir in Beauly in 1924 from Barrholm.  Paisley Heritage Centre were fantastic in providing loads of information in the Parish Poor records.  Dorm that I got details of family who fostered the girls and can see on earlier census records details of the foster parent from 1911 and also her death cert from 1945.  I have written to North Ayrshire Council to see if they hold any records for Barrholm.  If I get any, I will let you all know.

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« Reply #43 on: Friday 24 April 15 12:57 BST (UK) »
BARRHOME, LARGS  I am now 81 years old and was sent to Barrhome circa 1936/37 with my two sisters. We were seperated and sent to different places when we left the home. The two girls stayed together but I was sent elsewhere. I was then told I had no sisters and eventually found them 65 years later !! I have looked into finding records before but with no luck (I was told they were destroyed) If anyone knows where to find records of the home please get in touch ?

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« Reply #44 on: Friday 24 April 15 19:29 BST (UK) »
Jim, welcome to RootsChat  :)

Thank you for sharing your story. Wow. A long life and a long search...

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