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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Johnston" data-source="post: 363776" data-attributes="member: 56607"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/threads/hornsey-rise-memorial-home-wellsborough-jan-2015.30437/post-363654" target="_blank">Saturday at 5:27 PM</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/threads/hornsey-rise-memorial-home-wellsborough-jan-2015.30437/post-363654" target="_blank">#12</a></li> </ul>Thank you for the wonderful photos (and others have put up under different titles)) . It makes me sad. I used to live there in my early 20's. My mother was the Matron/Manager who raised tens of thousands of pounds to bring the home up to modern standards.  She had a lift (elevator) installed and had a staff of around 50 people (many part time local people). We used to have garden parties on the lawn with hundreds attending. I left in 1979 and my Mum & Dad in 1981. Dad and I worked in Leicester. Up the grand stairs turn left and the first bedroom on the right was mine. The door to the left on the top landing had a spiral staircase which led to a turret room you can see from the front of the main building - my favorite hideout!</blockquote>

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