Date:1969 - 1986 (c.)
Description:In the late 1960s, despite there being plans in place for building two new homes for working children (Allenscroft Road and one in Warstock), the Children’s Committee felt that need was outstripping the numbers of homes available. Thus, two buildings, previously intended to be two pairs of semi-detached houses, were used as working children’s homes. In common with the other working children’s homes adapted, or being built in the 1960s, they were to have eight children in each. One of these hostels for working children adapted in 1968/69 was Middleway View, the other was Rednal Road near West Heath Hospital. While Middleway View was intended to house boys, Rednal Road was for girls only. Rednal Road closed in 1986. ---------- Image: The building photographed in 2010 with the kind permission of the current owners. ---------- Source: This history was compiled by the Birmingham Children's Homes Project, an initiative to explore Birmingham City Council-run children’s homes between 1949 and 1990.
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