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I was in the Overchurch,children's home in 1950- 1956 then I was fostered but went
Back for another year as my foster mum could not cope with me asking about my real mum. I did go back to her and stayed till I was married I remember Aunty ivy she was always kind to me Cooki in the kitchen and her helper also the gardener
Primrose the donkeyI have fond memories of the home even though it was a bleak place I loved the grounds

i,m one of those children you speak of.i was sent to 69 gainsborough rd in the early 60,s.i remember aunt ivy and aunt winifred,aunt ivy being the much nicer of them.

Shame to think that the nicest kindest person towards the children , was being intimidated herself . Must have been quite obvious if even a child was aware of it . Poor children must have felt even more nervous of those staff.

gosh 3 years between posts. Its amazing what the internet throws up when doing your research. Well found edwardmc.
I was researching a place of work my late father worked at in the 1950s and came across a post by someone who had commented about my dad as he worked with him.

Did any of the children get sent to Overchurch school, edward

i can,nt answer that cos the memory aint what it once was---however i do remember going to school on the woodchurch estate.

thursday 18th may 1961---woodchurch road primary school choir attended a music festival,i know this cos i was in it what i can,nt remember is where it took place.can anyone help me stop scratching my head.

woodchurch road primary is not on the woodchurch estate but quite a few miles away in Birkenhead.
woodchurch high school was probably there, and Fender primary school on New hey Road where Mr Brooks was the caretaker, also catholic school by Woodchurch Church and another one off Glebe Hey Road.

thanks for that info fish5133--this is what i mean by a memory that,s playing up.according to my social service record i did attend woodchurch primary and from there i went to woodchurch secondary modern school which i believe was on the woodchurch estate(i should have kept my memories in a filing cabinet)still all will become clear at some point.

its a pity friends reunited website closed down. Suspect facebook does a similar job to some degree if you can search on school

There is a Woodchurch School on the Woodchurch estate - the Church of England School by Holy Cross Church. Home Farm Road is our own equivalent of Hope Street in Liverpool - it connects the Church of England and Roman Catholic churches and schools. I've never understood why Woodchurch was called that, when the church is called Holy Cross.

Holy Cross wasn't the first church on the site, there was a Saxon church which predates it by hundreds of years.

Hi,
Not really sure if you are still interested in the Overchurch children's home in Upton as only just joined this site.
My father in law was the gardener and he lived in the lodge

My father in law lived in the lodge ( I do have a couple of photos) he was the gardener.

My father in law Charlie Begnett was the gardener and he lived in the lodge. Maybe you knew his son ( my husband)

Here is an updated link to some pictures and information about Overchurch Hill and children's home https://www.upton-wirral.co.uk/index.php/buildings/overchurch-hill