Hi There is a book about the reformatory http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/users/rhc/minibook/juvenile_offenders.htm Regards Elaine On 22 November 2015 at 18:07, Jim Lancaster via <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Ella, > > Welcome to this list. > > For some information and photos of this establishment, have a look at > http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/BleasdaleRfy/ > > This site suggests that there are some records in Lancashire Archives in > Preston (not just round the corner for you, I realise). > > When this home was established, the consensus was that for children in > trouble it was best that they were removed from their surroundings so that > they were not encouraged to re-offend by the company they kept. > > Hope this helps > > Jim Lancaster (Bury, Lancs.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ella Coleman-Artz via > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 5:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LAN] North Lancashire Reformatory for Boys, Bleasdale,near > Garstang, Lancashire > > > > > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > > The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >