Amhurst park -Hackney -Salvation Army

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Member Since: October 2019 Posts: 11 Send Message	Robert	Report	19 Nov 2019 22:02
Member Since: October 2019 Posts: 11 Send Message	Evening all Not sure where best to put post so please advise? Anyone have any info or family that had any dealings with amhurst park Salvation Army unmarried mothers hospital in Hackney-London in 1960s? Anything would be amazing Thanks Rob
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	19 Nov 2019 22:14
	It’s highly unlikely anyone will have any info Is it anyone in particular you are looking for ?
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: October 2019 Posts: 11 Send Message	Robert	Report	19 Nov 2019 22:41
Member Since: October 2019 Posts: 11 Send Message	Not really. My biological grandmother gave birth to my mother there, Iv never had any contact with her. I only know that she was born there by the adoption paperwork that I have. Just wanted to hear what it was like , if anyone had photographs etc.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	19 Nov 2019 22:56
	Have you tried googling for info
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	19 Nov 2019 23:00
	Doesn’t seeem to be Amhurst park but http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/HackneyMothersSA/?LMCL=EfPVnJ
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: October 2019 Posts: 11 Send Message	Robert	Report	19 Nov 2019 23:02
Member Since: October 2019 Posts: 11 Send Message	Yes and not a great deal comes up to be fair. Just a lot of stories about adoptions in the 60s In general some very sad stories read on there
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	19 Nov 2019 23:05
	This too Seems to part of the same set up http://health.hackneysociety.org/page_id__130_path__0p2p32p38p.aspx
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 8,837 Send Message	malyon	Report	20 Nov 2019 12:15
	that must be the home in amhust road on above link
Member Since: October 2019 Posts: 11 Send Message	Robert	Report	20 Nov 2019 13:46
Member Since: October 2019 Posts: 11 Send Message	Yea that is the one. Just wondered if anyone had come across it in there searching
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,281 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	21 Nov 2019 10:21
	It seems to have begun as a Magdalen Home - and they did of course get a very bad name later: http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/HackneySA/?LMCL=wJIzcZ
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 8,837 Send Message	malyon	Report	21 Nov 2019 12:35
	was that the home they based the film on was very cruel
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 14,699 Send Message	Kay????	Report	21 Nov 2019 21:40
	If you google, salvation army amhurst park There is a photo of it and others and how they came about... I don't know if this link will work, … health.hackneysociety.org/page_id__130_path__0p2p32p38p.aspx
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 26,281 Send Message	ArgyllGran	Report	21 Nov 2019 22:08
	That's the link Shirley posted earlier. In Shirley's post, it works.
	Researching: Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

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