Barlow Foundation Stone

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Record Number: 2.105

Record Type: Text/Image

Caption:

Photograph: The laying of the foundation stone of Barlow Home by Alderman J.T. Travis Clegg in 1932.
(© Lancashire County Museums Service)
£10,000 was made available for this venture from the Trustees of the late Colonel J.C. Barlow, M.V.O. of Bury. It was opened September 14th 1935, by S.H. Renshaw OBE, to accomodate 50 of the younger boys. It's total cost was £9,773.  (Sources: Reports of Chairman of Central Committee, Lord Richard Cavendish  -  September 1932 and November 1935 respectively.)

Notes:

Norman remembers very clearly arriving at Barlow Home as a small boy in the early 1940s.

Keywords:

Boys               Male               Special Occasions            Dignitaries            1930s

Barlow Home Photograph