Yes, I know it’s no longer there. I’m looking for anyone who would know staff members - in particular the Medical Officer - that would have been there during its stint as a Borstal or youth detention centre. It would have been 1959-1961/62
The MO has been described as having a moustache that curls at the sides and was a very very cruel individual towards extremely young and vulnerable boys leading to many of them committing suicide. Absolutely NONE of this was recorded in any archives and I have spent hours searching through everything for Latchmere house today.
No mention of staff names, no mention of any of abuse, no mention of any complaints, No mention of any inmates committing suicide. It seems a whole Era has fallen from the face of the earth, with many victims never having closure.
