Boarding Schools/on the the ridge or old london road

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Chris4488
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Re: Boarding Schools/on the the ridge or old london road

Postby Chris4488 » Thu Mar 29, 2018 6:35 pm

My Granparents Ena & Billy lived in the cottage at back entrance for 40 years so mr & my brothers & sisters grew up there .
The chapel was Sacred heart, there was a play school run by sr Elsie & the main building was a junior school with boarding Mainly for orphans. We used to sneak in and play with them & hide when a nun came in
A lot of the nuns went on to other teaching jobs when it was closed m

MrsLactose
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Re: Boarding Schools/on the the ridge or old london road

Postby MrsLactose » Thu Jun 07, 2018 3:49 pm

Was their surname Welfare? I remember them as friends of my parents but we left hastings in 1975. How strange!

Julie mitchell
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Re: Boarding Schools/on the the ridge or old london road

Postby Julie mitchell » Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:13 pm

Hi can I throw some names out.... My mum is Patricia Morgan, (couple of the nuns who were friends with my nan called her Paddy). She went to St Mary Star of the sea I think. Was taught by Sr Thomas, knew Sr Clare and Sr Errard. I was taught by Sr Sheila and Sr Josepha. I used to go for weekends to Sandrock with our class from secondary school and knew Sr Ella and Sr Maureen?

ElizabethD
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Re: Boarding Schools/on the the ridge or old london road

Postby ElizabethD » Fri Jun 04, 2021 7:36 pm

I was hoping that someone might be able to help me. I am looking for any records of Sandrock Hall School back in the early 1900’s. I believe it was a Preparatory School for Boys back then. My Great Uncle died there on 23 November 1926. He was only 10 years old. I was wondering if any articles, school photos of his class or any records. I was hoping any of you could recommend the best place for me to find any information. His name was Robert Keeling Bakewell, I have never seen a photo of him, I would love to create a memorial for him but I have so little information about him.

Thank you for your patience and best wishes,

Elizabeth

Boarder
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Re: Boarding Schools/on the the ridge or old london road

Postby Boarder » Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:50 pm

hsander wrote:I remember being a boarder in a convent which sent its pupils to the local authority school by day, it was I think on The Ridge, I think it was called Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, it was a big tudor manor house. Does anyone remember it or are my memories completely mixed up, I remember we used to also see pupils from another boarding school which wore gray uniforms, I draw a complete balnk trying to look for this place, weird!



I I was a boarder (possibly 60s to 70s) at Sandrock Hall, on the Ridge, run by Salesian nuns.
I was possibly the only one who wasn’t upset when it closed. The house has been turned into nice flats. I can’t get the image of the board at the front entrance:

Sandrock Hall
Children’s Home


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