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Lancashire / Holly Mount Convent
« on: Monday 09 February 09 18:49 GMT (UK) »
I'd like to have added this to the existing thread on Holly Mount Convent/Children's Home but I'm a 'pioneer' and couldn't seem to do it.
Here goes....
I'm trying to get more information about my Grandmother and her sister who were in Holly Mount from about 1914 to about 1930. Their names were Millie and Doriene (Do) HARBOUR but they may have been known as JONES during their time there. Both died comparatively recently and didn't really mention the home much.
We're going to get hold of the book recommended in the other thread 'Labour of Love' and we'll be checking the addresses for records. We'd like to know when they were sent there and who admitted them. We believe they had older siblings.
Doriene was a talented seamstress and, like Migky's mother, could make fabulous lace and crochet work. Both girls were of mixed-race appearance which could jog someone's memory.
Thanks
LHK
Here goes....
I'm trying to get more information about my Grandmother and her sister who were in Holly Mount from about 1914 to about 1930. Their names were Millie and Doriene (Do) HARBOUR but they may have been known as JONES during their time there. Both died comparatively recently and didn't really mention the home much.
We're going to get hold of the book recommended in the other thread 'Labour of Love' and we'll be checking the addresses for records. We'd like to know when they were sent there and who admitted them. We believe they had older siblings.
Doriene was a talented seamstress and, like Migky's mother, could make fabulous lace and crochet work. Both girls were of mixed-race appearance which could jog someone's memory.
Thanks
LHK