Royston Heath Lodge Work House

A Memory of Royston.

A memory that I shouldn't recollect.
I could have only been about 4 years old and I can remember staying at Heath Lodge with my family. It was I think used as a halfway house for families waiting for housing in the 1960s. I'm now 50 and I can still remember my mother taking me to the nursery underneath the balcony where we lived, and watching her leave to go to the shops. I can still see the chain link fencing that went round the walkway. I still remember some of the families that lived in the same place, the Lloyds and the Jarmins.
If anyone else can remember staying at Heath Lodge in the 1960s I would like to hear from you and also anyone who has any photos of Heath Lodge - I know it was demolished in 1972.
One of my brothers broke his arm falling out of a tree at the entrance. It is so weird that I can remember something so long ago.
If anyone has any info, my email is: rhinos28@msn.com

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OMG....snap! Just lately, Heath Lodge has come to my memory; for no apparent reason. I lived there with my Mother, early 60s I'm guessing. Can't remember much at all, apart from metal bunkbeds? A communal kitchen, a little boy called Georgie.....very random. For some reason, I thought H.L. must have been a barracks; saw here it was the old workhouse. Have you managed to find any other photos? Best wishes, Carole

By carole.brown1957 on Wed Sep 16th 2015, at 4:46 pm

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Hi there I lived along from Heath lodge in west terrace I spent a lot of time down the lodge with friends iron beds do stick in my mind lol always friendly didn't have a lot but would always give u some tea if you was there, there was one family that sticks in my mind big family two of the children's names Dottie Day and John Day always Happy family

By margaret.raincock on Wed Sep 5th 2018, at 2:47 pm

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I was there in 1962/3 living in one room with mum brother and sister. It was aweful.
Linda

By lindaauburn on Sun Nov 25th 2018, at 8:38 pm

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I lived there in the 60s with my mum and sisters and brothers, there was the Edwards, and Jennings, and Stevens families there. I went to Queens road school and the younger ones went to tannery drift school

By chrisdennyptm on Sun Jan 12th 2020, at 12:31 am

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I remember an Italian family; Romana was the mum, Sabina and Annette were the children. Our family were the Moore’s. My name is Denise.

By chrisdennyptm on Sun Jan 12th 2020, at 10:30 am

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yes I had a brother called Malcolm

By Alun Jenkins on Sun Jan 12th 2020, at 10:31 pm

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if anyone has any photos of heath lodge I would love to see them