Houses : Folder 2 : Brentwood

Booklet produced by the Brentwood Recuperative Centre giving history of the centre from 1934 to closure in 1970.
Also contains the daily routine & timetable for the mothers and children along with some examples of Case Histories.

Research material and photographs on the MacNair family and the Trust set up by them.
1. Marriage certificate 1902, Index of Wills entries 1922 and 1952 and census records 1901 and 1911 of McNair Family
2. Two newspaper articles : a. Photograph…

1. Photocopy of black and white wedding photograph outside Brentwood House in 1946 of Bill Barrett and Ada Lee, who had family connections to Marple Swimming baths and Brentwood with handwritten names of principal attendees around…

Report downloaded from the Oxford Journal Website, John Welshman of Lancaster University report entitled : Recuperation, Rehabilitation and Residential Option : The Brentwood Centre for Mothers and Children 2008. History of Brentwood and how the…

Research material and e mail correspondence with reference to Edith Doris Abrahams, warden at Brentwood House until retirement in 1964 after 20 years.
Research Material including BMD certificates, census records 1881 to 1911, All Liverpool, England…

Newspaper articles downloaded from the Guardian Archive online relating to Brentwood from 1904 to 1962, e.g.
1904 Brentwood, Marple to be let or sold
1940 Home for raid victims : The Marple Centre
1941 Rest and recuperation after raids :…

Correspondence with Denis Partingon Chief Executive at Communityfutures with invitation to AGM In October 2014, a copy of the AGM minutes and Annual Report booklet, along with discussions of sharing archive material for exhibition in the future. 2013…

Research material on Brentwood House, Church Lane, Marple :
1. 2013 email communication with Cineflix who were researching Brentwood for TV programme.
2. 2014 email communication with Michael Lambert with newspaper articles and research…

Newspaper and magazine articles and cuttings on Brentwood, history, extensions and closure. Various dates and newspapers from 1911.
1911 Sale of Work and Garden Fete at Brentwood
1920 Paradise for mothers : holiday for mothers worn out by the…