Hello List! Would anyone have any information on this as a convalescent home c1891-1900? I know that Miss Lobb was its head, and have found various ads in connection with it in British Newspaper Archive. There may have been a connection with Dr Barnardo, as in 1895 there was a sale of work "the fifth annual" in the Public Hall, opened "in the absence of Dr Barnardo". Any idea if any Dr Barnardo records for the period exist? All info gratefully received!! Thanks Bev

I found this extract about Uplands on Wikipedia which would appear to cover the 1890's. "One of the earliest presidents of the Loughton Cricket Club was Julius Rohrweger, a local German extraction who owned Uplands, a large house adjacent to the cricket ground. As he was politically a Liberal, the local Conservative party created and supported for some time a rival team, the Loughton Park Cricket Club, though this no longer exists." -----Original Message----- From: Bev Harsh Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:32 PM To: ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Ess] "Uplands" Loughton Hello List! Would anyone have any information on this as a convalescent home c1891-1900? I know that Miss Lobb was its head, and have found various ads in connection with it in British Newspaper Archive. There may have been a connection with Dr Barnardo, as in 1895 there was a sale of work "the fifth annual" in the Public Hall, opened "in the absence of Dr Barnardo". Any idea if any Dr Barnardo records for the period exist? All info gratefully received!! Thanks Bev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bev. Have you tried Loughton & District Historical Society? http://theydon.org.uk/lhs/ The Barnardo's website also has a great wealth of historical info; start here: http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/who_we_are/history.htm There is no mention of Loughton in their list of homes, however, and it seems exhaustive (not many mentions get made of the brief use of Upshirebury, Upshire, as a Barnardo's home but it is listed here). Perhaps Uplands nearly became a Barnardo's home? Thy also have an image and film archive which might be worth an enquiry: http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/who_we_are/history/family_history_service/family_history_service_our_service/photo_archive.htm Regards, Lawrence, in neighbouring Waltham Abbey On 16/01/2013 18:32, Bev Harsh wrote: > Hello List! > > Would anyone have any information on this as a convalescent home c1891-1900? > > I know that Miss Lobb was its head, and have found various ads in connection > with it in British Newspaper Archive. > > There may have been a connection with Dr Barnardo, as in 1895 there was a > sale of work "the fifth annual" in the Public Hall, opened "in the absence > of Dr Barnardo". Any idea if any Dr Barnardo records for the period exist? > > All info gratefully received!! > > Thanks > > Bev > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >