St. Joseph's School for Girls (orphanage)

[carol66]

Hello,
My mum was in St Joseph's Home for RC Girls, Darlington and we have been looking into the background.
It would seem that girls were sent to St Joseph's instead of the school/home in Newcastle (Gosforth) - don't know if this was because it closed down or had no more places.  Before using St Joseph's, girls also used to be sent to St Mary's in Tudhoe until it was used for boys.
We have created a basic website which contains the little information we have: www.stjosephshomedarlington.jimdo.com
Best regards.

[Geordie Mag]

The sisters who ran St Joseph's finally left Darlington at the beginning of this year. There were only a few sisters left. Latterly they worked in parishes and the local RC school but the orphanage was mentioned as something they had done in the past.

[Radcliff]

an old posting but I would like to know if there is a safe link as opposed to the one posted by Carol66
re st josephs Darlington

[JeanMarie]

I was in St Joseph's from 1955 to 1966 along with my eldest sister. I would love to hear from anyone who was in the home during these years.

[Netty Smilesy]

Hi myself and five older sisters were also at st Joseph's at this time ,my brother at the boys orphanage over  the road our surname smiles