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Father Berry's Home, Moreton, Wirral, Cheshire

Father Berry's Home, at the corner of Leasowe Road and Pasture Road, was one of a number operated by a charity known as Father Berry's Homes for Catholic Friendless Children (later the Liverpool Catholic Children's Protection Society). Opened in about 1900, it occupied a house known as Castle Blake, at the corner of Leasowe Road and Pasture Road. The home was used as a holiday home for children from the organisation's other estbalishments in Liverpool.

The home closed in 1920, when its lease expired. and was replaced by Seabank House, Formby.

In more recent times, the property was occupied by a cafe popular with holiday makers. The building still survives.

Father Berry's Home, Moreton, Wirral, Cheshire, early 1900s. © Peter Higginbotham

Records

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  • Nugent Care, 99 Edge Lane, Liverpool L7 2PE.
  • Liverpool Record Office and Local History Service, Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EW. Now holds the Society's "historical" records and also those of the Catholic Emigration Association which emigrated children from the Society's establishments.

Bibliography

  • None identified at present.

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