jenniferm Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Does anyone know the homes where disabled children were looked after by nuns in Sheffield in 1950's, 1960's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clown Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 In the late 60's St Josephs on Howard Road Walkley housed Females and children on lts wards. Nuns Did all the Nursing, from 1970 onwards the N H S Began a gradual take over of the running of the unit which had 4 wards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 In the late 60's St Josephs on Howard Road Walkley housed Females and children on lts wards. Nuns Did all the Nursing, from 1970 onwards the N H S Began a gradual take over of the running of the unit which had 4 wards. I nursed at St Josephs, in the early 1980s, after the nuns had left, and the NHS had taken over the running of the place, and the chapel was still there, then. I understand that South Yorkshire Housing Association took over the site, probably 20 years or so ago, and turned it into housing. I understand there is a Buddhist centre there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniferm Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Thank's for your replies, but it is the early 1950's up to early 1960's I'm trying to find out about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bern351 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 St Joseph's home for mentally handicaped girls was run by the nuns in the 1940's and in fact much earlier. It was still run by nuns in 1955 when I left Walkley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniferm Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 Does anyone know if records were kept of childrens names who were in these homes. If so where would I find them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davi Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 The nuns were still there upto 1965 at least. I went to St. Josephs primary school. One or two of the mentally handicapped were allowed as pupils there too. Unfortunately it was a rather strict regime. The priests used to come round knocking on your door if you missed mass. The head nun, was real nasty, although there was a nun that taught named sister Margerate who was kind. Overall though it put me right off. When I was 11, I said to my parents that I did not want to be a catholic. They replied OK, and let me go to Rowlinson Tech. The fact that the Bhuddists took over St. Josephs church says quite a lot. With regards to the people being looked after, there was supposed to be some very extreme cases, which I shall not go into detail here. But those were before the days of Sonar screening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playman Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 There used to be a nunnery called oakbrook where we used to go for our sports day because we only had a school yard so there were plenty of nuns around, I went to st maries on edmund road 1961 - 1965 and we had several nuns teaching including the headmistress. They used to hire buses to transport all the school there for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 There used to be a nunnery called oakbrook where we used to go for our sports day because we only had a school yard so there were plenty of nuns around, I went to st maries on edmund road 1961 - 1965 and we had several nuns teaching including the headmistress. They used to hire buses to transport all the school there for the day. Wasn't that convent the one which became Notre Dame School? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniferm Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thank's for all the replies. I have managed to find the place I was looking for. The home was St Josephs in Howard Hill Walkley. Does anyone know if the graves are still there of people buried there in early 1960? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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