National Children's Home in Hooks Road, Sheringham from 1934

I wondered if any of your readers are able to offer any assistance?   My mother was placed in the Sheringham Children's Home in 1934 and I am trying to find any photographs or footage of the Home around that time.  Mum who was known as Edna Tiddiman although her name was Joan Edna Tiddiman remembers a local man who used to come and film the children performing a play or dancing on Fete days at the home, his name she remembers as Peter Patten.  Is it possible that Mr Patten is still living or perhaps has family in Sheringham.  I often think how wonderful it would be if I could obtain a copy of the film taken by Mr Patten for mum to see now at age 79.  The Fete events were known as Daisy Day and 'Give a mite to save a mite'. The girls used to go to the Primitive and Methodist Church Sunday School where there would be demonstrations of 'storms at sea'.  A table would be set up to look like the sea and a lifeboat would rescue the fishermen.  Other remembered names are Betty Tabersham, Jean Emery, Eileen Cox and Irene Hilliard.  The names of some of the 'sisters' who ran the Home at the time were Sister Emily Darrell, Sister Ada Fitzjohn, Sister Ethel Shepard and Sister Edna.   The Head Mistress at the time was Miss Chamberlain.  Sister Gertrude Gee was at the Boys House and mum remembers 2 of the boys, Leonard Poppiewell and Pete Worley.

Does anyone remember the song the children sang 'Golden Golden Daffodils'?  Mum has many memories not all of them good but an important and good one was being invited to tea once a month by Mr & Mrs Middleton who lived at 1 Station Road, Sheringham, this meant such a lot as they were very kind and there were treats to be eaten.  Mum was evacuated to Princess Alice Children Home in Sutton Coldfield at the start of the war years.  If anyone reading this article has anything they would like to share or indeed has any photographs/film of the Children's Home I would be delighted if they would contact us.  Perhaps there is someone reading who remembers mum Edna Tiddiman we would love to hear from you, please write to the newspaper initially and they will forward your correspondence to us.

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