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Date Posted: 05:46:15 10/03/07 Wed
Author: DLINGRAM
Subject: Re: St Gilbert's, Hartlebury, Worcs
In reply to: Lesley La'Moon 's message, "St Gilbert's, Hartlebury, Worcs" on 07:08:07 05/02/07 Wed

>Hi
>My father was at St Gilbert's Approved School,
>Hartlebury, Worcs in the 1940s. He remembers it being
>run by the Christian Brothers but they deny this.
>Does anyone know how I can find out for certain who
>ran it?
>Thanks
>Lesley

Hi Lesley
Good news. Therre are 18 'hits' at the National Archives (old Public Records Office) website for "St Gilbert's". It seems to have been based previously in Suffolk and to have moved to Waresley House Hartlebury Worcs in 1944.
To look up relevant items, go to www.nationalarchives.gov.uk then Search the Catalogue (far left, towards the bottom, don't know why they hide it away down there!)- then just type in St Gilbert's -including the apostrophe.
Click on the title of each item you're interested in, then if you want even more information, click on the Full Details tab. However, you may find (as I have) that many of the documents you'd like to see are closed for 75 years and not available to you until - in this case- 2018.
Most, if not all, records relating to borstals and approved schools are 'exempt data' under the Freedom of Information Act. You can ask specifically for particular records to have either their 75 yr closure status or their FoI exemption to be 'reviewed' but I wouldn't hold your breath!

I'm writing a dissertation about historic houses in educ@tional use- hence my interest in Brandeston House, and how I came to find your 'cri de coeur'. As an historic researcher by profession, I can offer you lots of guidance on where else to look for information and would be happy to do so off-forum.

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