Web links

This page is for any web-pages that you think  other old boys would like to see or you have your own private web or work website let other Old Boys have a look and as long as it does not contravene our rules which we will make up as we go along. Email:  Webmaster

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General webs:

Barnardo's is one of the leading UK children's charities. They offer a wide range of support services for children. The website will tell you more about the work and how you can help.

Barkingside TVH: These pages were part of the Goldonian old homes pages but have grown in to its own web site, the more you send the better it will be.

careleavers reunited: Been in care? Need help, support on how to get your personal history of your time in care or just meet up with others like you. Logon and register name and home.

Franks pages: has information on Letchworth the First Garden City and a hole in the ground called the Blue Lagoon and other information you didn't want to know.

Johnny Leach: His first go at a web site with the help of a few friends that he has met since he got his computer. You can now talk to John for free from his web site that also includes a blog page.

The Ragged School Museum: a unique history of the East End of London, and in particular of the Copperfield Road Ragged School and Dr Barnardo's old Cromwell Road School.

Old Dr Barnardo's homes: Barnardo's opened hundreds of children’s homes across the UK from Thomas Barnardo’s day until the 1970’s. Barnardo's today don’t run orphanages or children’s homes anymore. This is a directory of all the homes that I could find listed and what happened to them.

Parkstone Sea Training: The last Dr. Barnardo Sea Training School which closed in 1964. The web site has photos and memories. The training school was formed from the two existing sea schools in 1949. The school was officially opened in 1951.

Watts naval Training School: After the death of Mr E. H. Watts his eldest son, Mr. Fenwick S. Watts, took up the work that had dropped from his father's hands. He managed thorough repair, furnished the institution from the basement to the top storey at a cost of several thousand pounds and handed it over to Dr. Barnardo's Homes as one of the most complete institutions of its kind in England.

Work webs:

Frank Cooke: Plumbing and Heating business contains, search for a registered  plumber in your area also search for a CORGI registered person (find out if the person you are about to employ is registered)  top tips, moans, charges, what is a boiler service, safety check.