[Robin Harritt]

Apologies to all who have seen this too many times before. Just on the
off chance that anyone recognises the names. I am searching for members
of my foster family from before my time in Barnardos. I am trying to
find Penelope and Cynthia who in 1954 had the surname Threadgold. I
believe Penelope was then 7 years old and Cynthia 12. They lived at
various addresses in York Rd Southend-on-Sea, with Frank and Hilda
Threadgold. The problem is that although Penelope and Cynthia used the
name Threadgold there is no evidence that they were actually the
children of Frank and Hilda and no evidence that either of them married
using the name Threadgold. It would appear that in 1956/7 Frank and
Hilda returned to Manchester where they had originally come from. But
in the early 1960s I know that Penelope was resident in the borough
children's home in Shoeburyness Essex. Farnk and Hilda have since died.
Penelope and Cynthia would have known me as Gareth Dafydd Curle.

Searches using info-disk the uk electoral register etc have all been
unsucessful they simply do not appear there.

Hilda may have died at Withington Hospital Manchester in 1989. I have a
death certificate which shows the deceased's usual address as
Withington Hospital Manchester the informant was a James Fitton of the
same address, qualification Occupier. There seems to be some confusion
over some of the deceased's details, I suspect that she is the Hilda
Threadgold who I have been searching for many years but the death has
been registered in the name Hilda Lloyd widow of ---- Lloyd Occupation
Unknown. Hilda Threadgold's husband's full name was Frank Lloyd
Threadgold Mrs Threadgold and Mrs Lloyd have the same date of birth
both were supposedly born in Manchester, I strongly suspect given that
Hilda Threadgold has disappeared of the face of the earth, that they
are the same person, but need to be able to prove it. Frank died at the
Withington in 1968/9

Robin Harritt
http://harritt.net
E-mail robin at robin dot org

or leave a message at 0207 691 9668
international +44 207 691 9668

[Robin Harritt]

I had meant to include this as it helps to explain why I am searching for the Threadgolds, http://robin.robin.org/~tl this letter "leaked" from Barnardo's. Barnardo's behaviour with regard to this has been appalling, I have consulted Alan Levy QC the formost adoption lawyer in England, who described Barnardo's actions as Kafkaesque . I do hope that behind all the spin and expensive advertising Barnardo's is better at dealing with its current clients than it is with those it dealt with in the past. Access to records at Barnardos is, for want of a politer phrase, nothing much more than a glorified corporate arse covering exercise.

Robin

[Angel6454]

Dear Robin I hope you fing your brothers and sisters you like sounded as if u were so unhappy as a child i think i will start looking for my dad
Angel

[Robin Harritt]

Angel

I managed to find all of my brothers and sisters. My mother had 11 kids seven given up for adoption two had died, one at 4yo from measels the other when he was 32 from coronary thrombosis.

Penelope & Cynthia who I'm Looking for are not blood related, but were also unofficial foster kids in the same house as me. I sometimes wonder if they may have gone to Austrailia on the Child Migration Scheme?

I did not have a bad child hood after I left the children's home. Adopted on a farm. Unfortunately adoptive mother who I loved, died when I was 7. Then brought up by adoptive father, a legal guardian and a committee of aunts. A bit weird.

The bad thing about it all was that the local authority did nothing to keep the kids in touch wit each other. And were downright obstructive at times when I was searching, as were Barnardos.

Robin

[Angel6454]

I am sorry i thought they were your brothers ansd sisters Robin.I am married but i have never been happy i dont think i could be the only thing in life i love are my lovely kids and grandkids i have had bad depression for a very long time at times i wish i were not here but i cant blame everything on my mother.
Marie

[Robin Harritt]

Most of my story can be seen at the various links on http://robin.robin.org/cows

you need good eyesight to read the contemporary records.

I do hope you hope you have someone good to help you with the depression.

I'm not really depressed never in a clinical sense I think.

But like Winston Churchill that black dog follows me around.

Best person who ever helped me was a hypno-therapist.

Robin

[Robin Harritt]

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Still searching!

[Robin Harritt]

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And on and on it goes for ever.

Surley someone somewhere must know something . Is there anyone out there who was at Seaview Children's Home, Shoeburyness, Essex

RH

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[Robin Harritt]

Just bringing this back to the top.

Some of the links in the posts above might no longer work, you can see my story on the following links.


http://barnardos.harritt.net/

http://search.harritt.net

http://barnardos.harritt.net/barnardos


Robin