Nostalgic memories of Quarriers Village's local history

Share your own memories of Quarriers Village and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I hear a lot of bad things about Quarrier's, it was not that bad.
My name is Elizabeth Bonner, but then it was Elizabeth Esnol. I lived in Cottage 3 with Agnes, the Mcdonalds and Anne, Margaret, and Josephine Murray, and Aunty Irene Munzy, Aunty Anne (House Mother), and Mrs Mac the cleaner. The absolute best years of my life! So happy! so loved! and so safe and protected from the outside world in the most beautiful place I ever lived in with ...see more
My next door neighbour Jean was put into Quarriers along with her older sister and brother by her father who was off to serve King and Country as her mother had died in childbirth and as they had no money nobody wanted them. Jean is now 95 years old but her memory is strong and she remembers her life there as she has been in homes all her life, even being put in mental institutes ...see more
My name now is Gary Smith, I was known as Gary Gourlay. My memory from Quarrier's during this time was when my brother James Gourlay bought me and himself a chopper/tomahawk bike, with his birthday money. This was totally unexpected and this stays with me all my days, even though we had nothing we had a bond that was stronger than I knew at the time, and for him to spend his birthday money on me shows the special person my brother is. Well that's all for now. I've got college work to do.