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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Perthshire => Topic started by: Rosinish on Friday 29 April 16 13:25 BST (UK)
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Hi Folks,
Does anyone know of a Children's Home in Woodside Crescent, Craigie, Perth City c 1960's?
I don't know when it would have opened but it was in use in 1963/64 with a child placed there while the mother was in hospital giving birth to a sibling & father working full-time.
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I am trying to find out the name of it & the no. on the street?
I now believe it was not quite a Children's Home but similar to a "Safe House" which was for children in the aforementioned circumstances & was a normal house in that street which may still be there in the present day
Annie
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Hi Annie ,
Have you had a look at this site ? -
http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/
ev
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Thanks Ev,
Will have a look now ;)
Annie
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I now believe it to be 36 Woodside Crescent but can anyone tell me anything about it during the 1960's please?
Annie
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Do not have any info re the 1960's, but would like info myself during the 1915's.
My mother and her three sisters, born 1908 to 1915, were put into a home by their mother after the death of my grandfather in 1915 (France & Flanders) the only info I have is the name Craigie, Perth, we have spent ages trying to find out "where and why" if anyone has any further information it would be very much appreciated.
Thank you - Patvp
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Hi Pat,
What was the surname & where did they live prior to going to Craigie?
Annie
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Hi Rosinish - Surname was McKay, and they lived in Dunblane or could possibly have been in Alva, that is what we cannot understand as there was plenty of family support in both area's.
Thanks for the interest, home we can solve the mystery.
Patvp
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There was a children's home at cleeve which I think was Cherrybank area of Perth. Was turned into a caravan park at one time has now been built upon May be something in the archives at A K Bell library
See Glasgow Herald 18Nov 1950
Yours Aye
BruceL
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Hi Pat,
I believe there was a place of the same principle in (Edited), Dunning, Perthshire named Kippen House?
Bruce,
Thanks for that name "Cleeve", will have to dig some more & shake a few memories.
I am told that the one at 36 Woodside Crescent, still exists although unsure whether still in use as that kind of facility?
Annie
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Hi Annie
Could the one at 36 Woodside crescent have been a temporary foster home.
Woodside crescent is in the middle of a housing scheme in Craig's it is a crescent of semi detached houses you can see it o. Street view.
Sleeve use to belong to Norris Millar.
Yours Aye
BruceL
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Yes Bruce.......
I believe so, not a full-time home & was a place which took in kids temporarily in cases like my original post where a mother was in hospital, father working full-time & no family to take care of the children but it was only for short periods of time & voluntary rather than being a choice made by social workers although run by the Social Works Dept. I believe?
I have seen it on google maps but not sure if it is still runs in the same manner?
Annie
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Hi Pat,
As it was a voluntary place, your g/mother probably couldn't cope in her grief & maybe rather than split the kids up between family, wanted them to be together which would be understandable?
Seems the one in Craigie only took kids up to the age of around 5-10 yrs? & older kids were taken in at Dunning but only for short periods.......not sure how long a "short period" was :-\
Annie
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Thank you all - The only thing I can add to that is that my mother was about 3 or 4 years old, as they reached the age of 15 they were sent to their mother in Windsor, Berkshire, England...my mother being the last..she remembered being sick on the train going down to England as she had never been on a train in her life !! she also remembers a Miss Rennie who was very kind to her when the other sisters had left. May try SP and see if I can find anything there.....all so confusing.
Thank you...Patvp
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Hi All
Sleeve children's home in Perth was if you come into Perth from Broxden on the Glasgow road cross the roundabout at the services sleeve was on the hill on the left-hand side before you reach the first mini roundabout
Yours Aye
BruceL
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Hi All
Sleeve children's home in Perth was if you come into Perth from Broxden on the Glasgow road cross the roundabout at the services sleeve was on the hill on the left-hand side before you reach the first mini roundabout
Yours Aye
BruceL
Bruce is that no Cleeve at Oakbank instead of Sleeve.
There is a Cleeve Park off Cleeve Drive
Did it no use to be a caravan park and has now been turned into houses.
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Hi Buckhyne
As my previous post yes it's cleeve predictive text.
You can still see part of the walled garden on the side of the hill building contractors are now in at the bottom of the hill
Yours Aye
BruceL