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Selkirkshire County Council Homes

Children's establishments run at some time in their history by Selkirkshire County Council.

Sorry, no locations currently documented in this authority.

Bibliography

Higginbotham, Peter Children's Homes: A History of Institutional Care for Britain's Young (2017, Pen & Sword)
Urquhart, Gloria (2020) Nobody's Child: The True Story of Growing up in a Yorkshire Children's Home
Cooke, Allan Institutionalized in a Children's Home: Skellow Hall 1950-1963 — a true story of a child and children in a home (2012, Authorhouse)
Cummings, Les Forgotten: The Heartrending Story of Life in a Children's Home
Limbrick, Gudrun The Children of the Homes: a century of Erdington Cottage Homes

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