Hillmount Close Working Girls' Hostel, Stratford Road, Hall Green

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Date:1965 - 1967 (c.)

Description:Mirroring the working boys’ homes in Duchess Road, the Children’s Committee decided that they would like very similar premises for two new hostels for girls but, unlike the Duchess Road hostels, they did not want them to be adjoining. They settled on Chattock Close and Hillmount Close and opened both in 1965 with accommodation for four girls in each.

Like Duchess Road, the working girls’ homes at Chattock Close and Hillmount Close were not purpose-built but were Council-owned houses adapted for use as a hostel.

Because of the development of new homes for working girls (at Milton Grange and Sheridan Walk), 1 Hillmount Close was closed as a children’s home in 1967.

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Image: A promotional shot used by Birmingham's Children's Department in 1967. At this stage, the Birmingham Children's Homes project does not have any photographs of this children's home.
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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.