Tudor Bank, Southport, Lancashire
The Tudor Bank, Barnardo's Home for boys and girls, was opened in March 1958 at 2 Beach Road, Birkdale, near Southport.
Tudor Bank, Southport, c.1959.
Tudor Bank, Southport, 2013. © Peter Higginbotham
When the Roden Villa home in Llandudno was closed in 1973, its superintendent Gladys Madgwick and children were transferred to Tudor Bank. The home also received staff and children from Liverpool's Aigburth Road after its closure.
Tudor Bank closed in 1981. In more recent times, the property, now much extended, has become an elderly care home.
Tudor Bank, Southport, 2013. © Peter Higginbotham
Records
Note: many repositories impose a closure period of up to 100 years for records identifying individuals. Before travelling a long distance, always check that the records you want to consult will be available.
- Barnardo's 'Making Connections' and Family History Services — for enquiries relating the records of children formerly in the care of Barnardo's and those of other organisations absorbed by them.
Bibliography
- Frampton, Phil The Golly in the Cupboard (2004, Tamic Publications - updated ebook edition due in late 2023). A memoir of growing up in the Tudor Bank home.
- Barnardo, Syrie Louise, and Marchant, James Memoirs of the Late Dr Barnardo (Hodder & Stoughton, 1907)
- Batt, J.H. Dr. Barnardo: The Foster-Father of "Nobody's Children" (S.W. Partridge, 1904)
- Bready, J. Wesley Doctor Barnardo (Allen & Unwin, 1930)
- Higginbotham, Peter Children's Homes: A History of Institutional Care for Britain's Young (2017, Pen & Sword)
- Rose, June For the Sake of the Children: Inside Dr. Barnardo's: 120 years of caring for children (Hodder & Stoughton, 1987)
- Wagner, Gillian Barnardo (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1979)
Links
- The Barnardo's website.
- The Goldonian Website — memories and information from former Barnardo's children.
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