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Charlotte Home for Convalescents in Boscombe
« on: Thursday 16 April 15 09:02 BST (UK) »

Hi

The attached is an extract from a relatives obituary, who was a doctor.

I would like to try and find out a bit more about this Charlotte Home for Convalescents, but there is nothing coming up on google and I have even tried emailing the Dorset Archives and they have nothing.

Hoping someone with historical knowledge of the area might be able to help, also he moved to Boscombe in 1899 so this is not a WW1 convalescents home.

Thank you.

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Re: Charlotte Home for Convalescents in Boscombe
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 16 April 15 09:10 BST (UK) »
Hi,

At that time Boscombe would have been in Hampshire (boundary changed in 1974); have you contacted the Hampshire archives?

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives


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Re: Charlotte Home for Convalescents in Boscombe
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 16 April 15 10:04 BST (UK) »
Do you know his address when he moved to Boscombe, in case he lived quite close to where he worked. Then it might be worth looking at an old street map in case the Convalescent home is marked.

Boscombe / Bournemouth had several convalescent homes at that time, many for consumptives.

This book can be downloaded

https://archive.org/details/cu31924028091142

PDF version is about 11 Mb.

Chapter on hospitals etc starts on p 228. Maybe one of those mentioned there changed its name to Charlotte convalescent home.
Berks / Oxon: Eltham, Annetts, Wiltshire (surname not county), Hawkins, Pembroke, Partridge
Dorset / Hants: Derham, Stride, Purkiss, Sibley
Yorkshire: Pottage, Carr, Blackburn, Depledge
Sussex: Goodyer, Christopher, Trevatt
Lanark: Scott (soldier went to Jersey CI)
Jersey: Fowler, Huelin, Scott

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Re: Charlotte Home for Convalescents in Boscombe
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 16 April 15 10:06 BST (UK) »
I remember a hospital in Tower road or Shelley road off Palmerston road in the 1950s/ 1960s. Still have a child size walking stick from there that they didn't want back after it was lent to my brother when he broke his ankle.
Berks / Oxon: Eltham, Annetts, Wiltshire (surname not county), Hawkins, Pembroke, Partridge
Dorset / Hants: Derham, Stride, Purkiss, Sibley
Yorkshire: Pottage, Carr, Blackburn, Depledge
Sussex: Goodyer, Christopher, Trevatt
Lanark: Scott (soldier went to Jersey CI)
Jersey: Fowler, Huelin, Scott

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Re: Charlotte Home for Convalescents in Boscombe
« Reply #4 on: Friday 17 April 15 08:40 BST (UK) »
Quote from: nanny jan on Thursday 16 April 15 09:10 BST (UK)
Hi,

At that time Boscombe would have been in Hampshire (boundary changed in 1974); have you contacted the Hampshire archives?

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives


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No I haven't certainly worth a shot, thanks!

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Re: Charlotte Home for Convalescents in Boscombe
« Reply #5 on: Friday 17 April 15 08:41 BST (UK) »
Quote from: LizzieL on Thursday 16 April 15 10:04 BST (UK)
Do you know his address when he moved to Boscombe, in case he lived quite close to where he worked. Then it might be worth looking at an old street map in case the Convalescent home is marked.

Boscombe / Bournemouth had several convalescent homes at that time, many for consumptives.

This book can be downloaded

https://archive.org/details/cu31924028091142

PDF version is about 11 Mb.

Chapter on hospitals etc starts on p 228. Maybe one of those mentioned there changed its name to Charlotte convalescent home.

Yes I do, at the time he was living in Christchurch Road, thank you for the information.
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