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Date Posted: 11:28:46 01/30/14 Thu
Author: Richard McHugh (Happy sad)
Subject: Re: St Gilbert's, Hartlebury, Worcs
In reply to: P Temple 's message, "Re: St Gilbert's, Hartlebury, Worcs" on 07:56:40 07/26/12 Thu

>Hi My Dad was Mr Temple, does anyone remember him I
>was only 10 when the accident happened
>>Hi I was sent to St Gilbert`s in about the same time
>>run by the De La Salle Brothers. At that time a
>>Brother Joseph was the headmaster (twitch) was his nick name . brother Rodrick was a bastard he enjoyed using a knotted rope to cane you. Brother Gregory had a screw lose he fav was the cane. Then there was brother Benedict think he was gay loved to use a over size plimsole on your back side. Things changed a little when a Brother came over from the sates not so aggressive. ( you my find a link there for your research) they have the bastards over there. The staff were ok in comparison all they did was lift your chin up and slap you as hard as possible in front of your peers
>>members off staff who were not in the order and

>>Jim Wittle,(painter tutor ) was having an affair with female in the kitchen. Brian Selby was (carpenter tutor ) one of the better ones Mr Temple{sadly killed in
>>Snowdonia) Mr Hopely pig farmer always bad tempered. and, Mr Donnelly, forma RAF had you doing drills, not a bad person.
>>>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>Leslie,
>>>>>It was indeed run by the Christian Brothers up
>until
>>>>>the late sixties when it became a state school
>>>>>following the end of Approved Schools. I was there
>>in
>>>>>the late fifties.
>>>>>I too have found it frustratingly difficult to find
>>>>>information about the Brothers or the school as it
>>>was
>>>>>then.
>>>>This school was run by the De Lasale Brothers not
>>the
>>>>Christian Brothers I was there in 61-62 and I am
>>>>pleased to say they are all DEAD
>>>my name is brian barrett and i was there in st
>>>gilberts approved school in 1947 1954 and im sad to
>>>hit this brick wall as im writing my book of my life
>>>as im 70 now and have a 10 yr old son belive it or
>not
>>>and i would like to add this cruel and horrible place
>>>in my book and its not anywere to be found can
>anybody
>>>tell me if i can view these hiden records u talk of
>>>and tell me how i go about this thanks mr b barrett
>>>liverpool

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Re: St Gilbert's, Hartlebury, Worcs -- john delaney (Struggling), 03:01:28 09/02/14 Tue

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