tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post1345913069893101522..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Children's Receiving Home, Mill Hill Lane, LeicesterJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-68317432542012250272023-08-13T21:46:05.723+01:002023-08-13T21:46:05.723+01:00We lost our beautiful mum Hazel Jacques last year,...We lost our beautiful mum Hazel Jacques last year, but how wonderful that her story, as painful and heart breaking as it is, lives on. I tried to find the Countesthorpe Cottage Homes in the National Archive, alas it is sealed until 2044. One can only imagine what accounts are in it, and those responsible. I will take a walk up Mill Hill Lane myself one day to see this ominous building...... Hilary JacquesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-15069254330497533032022-09-13T18:16:16.671+01:002022-09-13T18:16:16.671+01:00David was the tough one, I think it was the day af...David was the tough one, I think it was the day after we arrived that he was on his toes and away. They never got him back!<br />We didn't meet up again until <br />1950 at HMS GANGES, The naval training establishment.<br />We went our own ways and met again in 1953 and again in 1967.He was a forester , passed away in 2018 aged 86.<br />One of a kind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-61875385392482476532022-09-13T12:12:52.054+01:002022-09-13T12:12:52.054+01:00Thank you so much for taking the time to leave you...Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your memories.<br /><br />It sounds like David had the right idea!Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-62619629173268442862022-09-13T04:39:23.991+01:002022-09-13T04:39:23.991+01:00Highlight of the day was maths with Miss Coleman, ...Highlight of the day was maths with Miss Coleman, she was the original DDG (Drop dead gorgeous) at least we boys thought so !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-18388344836208888922022-09-13T04:30:52.951+01:002022-09-13T04:30:52.951+01:00We stood out like sore thumbs
and got some flak, w...We stood out like sore thumbs<br />and got some flak, we quickly learned to form a square and chastise the enemy.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-72105397319116642212022-09-13T04:25:03.455+01:002022-09-13T04:25:03.455+01:00At Countesthorpe I was in No 5 home, under the car...At Countesthorpe I was in No 5 home, under the care of a Mr & Mrs Jackson, he was the tailor.<br />Going to school in Leicester we all looked like prisoners, our clobber was all cut from the same bolt of cloth <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-52346867936009965262022-09-13T04:01:57.460+01:002022-09-13T04:01:57.460+01:00We 3 Westgate children, David, Trevor and Shirley ...We 3 Westgate children, David, Trevor and Shirley were dumped in Mill Hill Lane in 1942.<br />David was 10(?), I was 8 (80 years ago) Shirley was just 2.<br />Our stay was short but memorable.<br />Eventually we were moved to Countesthorpe Cottage Homes.<br />David legged it very quickly, <br />Shirley and I were there until 1945<br />.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com