Monks Barn Caversham

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Dose anyone remember Monks Barn Childrens Home in Caversham.


Added 22 May 2014

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Hi ,Joyce ,
I do not remember monks Barn in Caversham but there was a Monks Barn Childrens Home in Cressingham Road , Shinfield Reading which was later run by Barnados i believe . I hope this info is helpful for you .
I remember monks barn I stayed there back in the late 70s I was young boy then .at the time mr / mrs john and sue low run the place
hi joyce
our family was there in the 60. pam linda ivy joy and jimmy.
every sunday was best clothes and church.
willies and coats on to play in the back garden.at Christmas the adult scout came for the day.
sweet tins were kept in a large cupboard in the hall.
scabby jonson was there when we were she always scratched her arms at meal time.
I stayed in Monksbarn also in 1978 I remember a couple who worked there who were from Aldermaston, they were Jenny and Dermot Anketel.
I was at monksbarn with my bro about 1953.it was in cressingham rd shinfield i believe
Thank you Edward,i was there between 1948 and 1953 from what i can make out,my sister Phoebe born 1945 and brother Robin born 1942 were there with me,all i can seem to remember is rooms with penguin covers on,dining room that lookes over a huge garden with a big dip in the middle going across the rd on Saturdays to spen 3d pocket money and sweets were put in a jar for the week,i know when i moved to Oakfields in Wokingham we went on holiday to Bexhill on sea with Monks Barn,we slept in a school and our housemother got stung by jelly fish .😊
Thank you Edward,i was there between 1948 and 1953 from what i can make out,my sister Phoebe born 1945 and brother Robin born 1942 were there with me,all i can seem to remember is rooms with penguin covers on,dining room that lookes over a huge garden with a big dip in the middle going across the rd on Saturdays to spen 3d pocket money and sweets were put in a jar for the week,i know when i moved to Oakfields in Wokingham we went on holiday to Bexhill on sea with Monks Barn,we slept in a school and our housemother got stung by jelly fish .😊
I remember monks barn i was there in 1965/66. I was with my 3 brother
I was at monks barn between 1965 and 1969 I was too young to remember much about it, I was only between 3&7yrs old
like you i was to young to remember much was under 5 when there believe it was mainly a nursery home for younger children.
Hi i was at monks barn in te 70s and all i remember was the abuse at night bye the so called uncles .it is very hard for me to speak about this as i am now 60 years old . The people in charge when i was there were called mr and mrs jones. Plus i only remember the man who was the one for the abuse he called himself uncle tom. He was also doing things to the girls at the same time. I have always wanted to talk about this because it caused me problems all my adult life.
Hi all - I stayed here between 76-79. The best thing I enjoyed here was the manhunt at night in the woods. I did run away a few times but was brought back by the police. Some good things here was the school in the portacabins at the front of the house. I stayed on the top floor and shared a room with 3-4 other boys. I met my first love here - Barbara Buckley. Who was a few years older than me. I seemed to be in trouble all the time here and seemed to have to stand facing the wall outside the main office on the ground floor.

Anyone else here?

Mike Todd
Hi,
Yes I was at Monksbarn. When Auntie & Uncle Jones ran it. I remember all of the other Aunties and Uncles well. I was there in April-Sept 1970’s. It was not in Caversham, but at 27 Cressingham Road, off the Shinfield Rd, where one of the 2 Auntie Sues lived. I have a few a photos still and an excellent memory although I am now 60! I stayed in care until I was 21, having gone to various other homes including the now infamous Duncroft where I was abused by Jimmy Saville. We went camping from Monksbarn to a place in Dorset called Church Knowledge. I was sent from the small onsite school, in a terrapin, to the local secondary modern girls school in Northumberland Avenue. We would swim off Caversham bridge, most of us were in care of Berkshire social services. I was in care of Newbury SS. More memories for anyone who wants to contact me...the person who mentioned ‘Uncle Tom’ I can also assist you. Good luck to everyone xxx
Please, please, please contact me. We were there together!
johnston7jn@btinternet.com or phone me, I am in Weymouth now, 01305761469. PLEASE?
Contact me, please?
Monks Barn Childrens Home in Cressingham Road , Shinfield Reading was home to my brother and I February 1972 Christopher Wood my late brother sadly passed away April 2003
I have a copy of our reception into care records and some limited info from case notes recorded by staff.
Sadly no photos tho I have a memory of a photo of wearing red flares. I am on a self driven journey and researching my family tree which is informative and interesting. Emotiveless and undamaging as it fact based I am excluded from all the. baggage of life's dramas leading to care and suits me well.
Photographs would be nice as it brings the history of your research alive.

I was at Monksbarn 77/78....sent from Langley in Slough, anyone remember me....Nadine James
I would love to see photos of Monksbarn I can see it in my mind searched internet but found little and Reading Archives have nothing .
I was at monks barn with my two sisters Valerie and the Lorraine in 1971
I was in Monks Barn early 70's with my two brothers philip, Terry and myself our surname was Carol Rees.
I remember unvle and aunty Jones also uncle Roger.
I wonder why my comment about Monks Barn isn’t on here. August 2022
I was in monks barn in late 70s remember going camping in Devon for 2 weeks had 2 good friends peter and Erica best home I was ever in

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