Children's Holiday Home, Hanchurch

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Date:1904 - 1905 (c.)

Description:Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland founded Hanchurch Holiday Home for poor children from the Potteries in 1898. A convalescent home for patients of the Potteries and Newcastle Cripples’ Guild was built adjoining the holiday home in 1911. In 1929 the City of Stoke-on-Trent took over management and it became the Hanchurch Residential Open Air School for delicate children. The buildings were demolished in 1991 and the Hanchurch Christian Centre was built on the same site in a similar style by the United Christian Broadcasters.

This colour-tinted postcard was published by the A.A. Austin of 1 High Street, Stoke-on-Trent. It was franked in Stoke-on-Trent on 30 July 1905 and sent to an address in Longton.

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Image courtesy of: The Roy Lewis Postcard Collection

Donor ref:Roy Lewis-742 (240/48381)

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