Meanwhile one of McBrearty's victims, now a mother-of-three, who told of a squalid childhood all too familiar to Quarriers' young charges, was overjoyed when Wilson was convicted. Lady Smith has not taken these decisions lightly but we must put the well‐being of our applicants, witnesses, staff and our communities at the forefront of our decisions. including elevated shots of children walking through streets (1.53) shot of man walking out of building carrying suitcases, followed by an adolescent black? Quarriers: A 100 Year Legacy of Abuse - How Did it Happen? The children could buy sweets, postcards and other small items at the Homes' general store. She complained to a senior member of staff, "Bill Dunbar" that she felt uncomfortable with Wilson. PeterHigginbotham. Former resident of Quarriers Homes, Tommy Hagan, who alleges he was physically abused over many years in the care home, receives much needed support from Future . 4.2 Children's Homes website. The Orphan Homes of Scotland opened on 17 September 1878, with two cottages and a central building which served as a school and church. On September 28th, 2012, on the first anniversary of British Home Child Day in Ontario, a plaque was erected in front of Fairknowe Home, which is now being used as an apartment building. The full horror of Quarriers was revealed six years ago when one of McBrearty's victims went to her lawyer about an unconnected matter and mentioned what had happened at the home. Quarriers Consumption Homes of Scotland. On one occasion, as a child was leaving the home Drummond burnt the little girl's toy golliwog as her friends watch in horror. The centre stayed at the cutting edge of technology and treatment, and in 1969, the Colony of Mercy became known as Hunter House Assessment Centre, and later The Scottish Epilepsy Centre, the only residential assessment unit of its kind in Scotland. Yet another middle-aged woman told how Wilson molested her as a child in the bathroom, kitchen and playroom, over many years. Records for the homes run by Annie Macpherson were inherited by Barnardo's (see below). Further updates will be provided on our website and via Twitter. s/track starts, children singing; leader (0.10) c/u's of infants in their prams with a shot of older children playing on a roundabout (0.32) teenagers disco dancing (1.07) illustration of William Quarrier 19th-century Scottish philanthropist followed by early still photographs and etchings of Victorian Glasgow (1.58) Reporter to camera standing in the grounds of the first Quarrier home for children in Bridge of Weir with the house in the background (2.49) tracking shot going through Quarrier's village (3.47) shots of Quarrier children sitting down to a meal (4.20) girls relaxing in their dormitory (4.37) talking head Iv with girls talking about their experiences living in a Quarrier home, and their family situations (6.19) Iv with Dr. Tim Davidson the Director of the home as they walk through the grounds, about social changes affecting the home, and the children (9.41) Iv with Mr and Mrs Tangeman who run a house as part of the home - a house mother and father - with responsibility for a number of children (11.06) shots of the various activities the home offers from a swimming pool to football and camping (11.57) talking head of reporter in a garden of one of the homes (12.50) talking head of Tim Davidson (13.10) school choir singing with another group playing instruments - Recorders, Tambourines etc. His charity was known as. He was remanded in custody to await sentence. We will request two forms of identification one item must be photographic, and the other being proof of your current address. A records request can be made by clicking below and filling out the records enquiry form or by writing to: Safeguarding and Aftercare Team Over the last decade and more, we have co-operated fully with survivors and survivors groups. Abuse 'normalised' at Quarriers children's home, inquiry hears 2 November 2018 Getty Images The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has been taking evidence from former care home residents A man who. The Inquiry's essential investigative work and preparation for announced case studies continues. Wilson stopped the car and as she leaned over to be sick Wilson sexually abused her. This film is protected by copyright and is provided for personal, private viewing only. Its dark history is now a memory - a sickening memory forever imprinted on its victims' souls! The Quarriers will be at the Madison Invitational on Thursday, May 12th. Quarriers Genalogy and Records Service offers free checks for the existence of a particular individual's records. Despite everything that has emerged since, there are those who held key positions at Quarriers during the 1960's who find it hard to believe the victims statements refer to the same peaceful environment which they recall. Shot of cows seated, then walking into a barn watched by a small group of boys (5.45) gvs man leading a Clydesdale? His mother took up laundry and sewing work to support William and his two sisters. CHILD abuse survivors at a Bridge of Weir home say the scale of attacks is comparable to a "house of horror" where eight people have been prosecuted for 145 criminal offences. The boys went out cleaning shoes on street corners they kept some of the money they earned and the rest was used to replenish the stock of brushes and polish. Asked by prosecutor John Martin why they would all put themselves through the distress of appearing in court to lie about childhood sexual abuse. On that map, Kilmacolm is the large yellow-coloured parish left of centre of the map. A night refuge and mission hall were also set up in Dovehill, replaced in 1875 by a new building in James Morrison Street which became known as the City Orphan Home. 5. PeterHigginbotham. (7.14) gvs single storey buildings (7.38) Ints women working at looms weaving tartan, cutting leather, and sewing handbags [*1949] (8.27) Epilepsy colony patients weaving baskets, and making chairs (8.47) [*1936, BW] [No credits] Exts children being led into house (8.55) c/u Illuminated rubric "Christ is the Head of the House" (8.57) Children singing action song (10.08) Shots of children's procession in grounds of Quarriers Homes, probably Coronation celebrations in 1937 (11.05) No credits. She never understood what he was doing: "I was only ten and we were never told about sex in the home". Copyright 2023 Quarriers. We speak ever so often but we never mention those dreadful times". 4 Beds. Quarriers is playing a full and active part in the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, which is underway in Edinburgh. We applied for, and were granted, core participant status from the start because we feel strongly that care agencies should contribute fully and effectively in an open and transparent manner to help the Inquiry achieve its aims. (14.25). In November 1864, on his way home one evening, he was moved by an encounter with a young boy who had been selling matches in the street, who was crying after his stock and night's earnings had been stolen by an older boy. Switching out the light was not the point of going up the stairs. 29 September. Major changes in childcare practice and legislation came into effect, which had a significant effect on how children were looked after, and ultimately led to the numbers of children in Quarriers Homes decreasing. 2 0 obj girl (2.01) Shot of half-timbered sandstone building, intercut with c/u of plaque, reading "WILLIAM QUARRIER FOUNDER OF THE HOMES LIVED HERE FROM 1886 TO 1906" panning down to three men, including a minister, includes brief shot of boys playing (2.29) girl run along a street in kilts (2.41) Arial shot of village (2.56) gvs a man hands five loaves to two boys in short trousers who hand them to a woman standing outside a house, dropping one (3.13) Two boys carry a heavy basket numbered "2", includes brief shot of two boys playing (3.27) Brief shot of trunks, one labelled "BROCKVILLE, CANADA" (3.30) gvs of church, including shots of children filing in from the surrounding streets (3.55) children crossing bridge (4.09) boys take off coats and boots (4.16) gvs boy peels potatoes into a low square enamel sink, before bringing them through to a woman who is measuring flour in the kitchen (4.38) Man walks through into bathroom, and washes a small boy's hair, while an older boy scrubs another one at the other end of the bath (5.14) C/u shot of boy playing harmonica accompanied on piano, while other boys play table tennis or play with a train set. When William was seventeen, he went to work as a shoemaker for a Mrs Hunter and began attending Blackfriars Baptist Church where he became a Christian. 35 children from Quarriers homes made the journey to Canada on board the St David on 2 July 1872. WE HAD GREAT DIFFICULTIES EVEN AFTER BECOMING MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION AT THE BEHEST OF THE CHAIRMAN OF QUARRIERS. Once all checks have been undertaken, we can produce a records pack for you. Get 3 Months of Audible audio books for just 99p! 21 'Marshall, Bridgeton and Dalmarnock Home' (1889, 30). August 2020 . 1 0 obj stream Further updates and information will be posted on the FBGA website in due course. Ellen Bilbrough, who ran Miss MacPhersons Marchmont Home in Belleville, visited Quarrier in 1874. Description: PeterHigginbotham, Training Ship James Arthur, Quarriers Homes and Central Home, c.1904. Marks. <> Records generally include more information about the progress of the individual child from the mid-1960s. The Quarriers Story, written by Anna Magnusson, chronicles the history of Quarriers from its earliest days as a refuge for thousands of destitute children in Victorian Scotland, through to becoming one of the 21st century's leading social care charities. By 1897, 2,600 children had been sent to Canada through The Orphan Homes of Scotland but this year an Act of the Ontario Provincial Parliament to licence agencies regulating the Immigration of certain classes of children was passed. SC001960, Quarriers Head Office, 20 St Kenneth Drive, Glasgow, G51 4QD / Tel: 01505 612224/616000, Photograph of cottage that they lived in (subject to availability). Clarke, British Home Child Ship The Duchess of Atholl, Family Tree DNA British Home Child Database, BHCGI Canada 150th British Home Child 2017 Memorial Quilt, Australian Apology in 2009 to British Child Migrants, BHC Wallace Ford famous Broadway and screen actor, Gilles Duceppe and his grandfather John James Rowley. But within two years Wilson was back and the abuse continued as before. By continuing to use the site you agree to our use of cookies. After that we all knew to say nothing. PeterHigginbotham, Quarriers Homes school building, 2005. Six years later, related inquiries are still going on. Please note that the Aftercare Team will be working remotely for the foreseeable future. Immigration ceased in 1938. A massive shake-up of Scottish children's homes which could have spared thousands from a life of abuse was shelved after Labour lost the 1970 election. The only time we can provide copies of records to anyone other than the subject of the records is when either: They would be welcome into new loving "families" headed by two responsible house parents who would become their guardians and guiding lights. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 595.56 842.04] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Mrs Y, who is suing the charity, added, "My family only know part of the story. The woman testified that she did once try to bring his depraved regime to a halt. After his father, a ship's carpenter, died from cholera when William was just three, the family moved to Glasgow. Quarriers Homes William Quarrier memorial archway (constructed from stone from the house where he was born), 2005. The information contained in these records may have included family circumstances and reasons for admission. Quarriers first shipment of children left in 1872 for Annie MacPhersons Homes. This has been difficult because the Association has consistently dragged its feet and been uncooperative. Please read Understanding catalogue records for help interpreting this information and Using footage for more information about accessing this film. The organisation changed its name to Quarriers in 1998. privacy policy, Health and social care > Residential homes, GB/NNAF/C33320 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O38930 ). A land-locked ship, the James Arthur, was also in The Village in order to train up to 30 boys for the sea. My name is Donald Hannah I was in Quarrier's Home in 1955-60 in cottage 21+27+34 Mr&Mrs Young where my House Parents. Just behind the Homes' Central Hall was a fully-rigged sailing ship, the James Arthur. I keep asking myself if there was anything I done at all to encourage them but I never did. It is estimated that there are around 250,000 descendants of these emigrants living in Canada today. [*1949, COL] c/u Photograph of William Quarrier (11.09) c/u plaque "Broadfield Home for orphans and destitute children erected in affectionate memory of Charles Moore Stoddard by his parents 1877" and brief shot of house (11.15) c/u plaque "Glasgow Home erected in memory of Mrs John MacKay a Beloved Mother by her Daughter" and brief shot of house (11.19) 1878 - 1881 with animated map of expansion of the village (11.28) Shots of village, including small children sitting in an open window, looked after and read to by nurses, c/u shoes (11.48) Flower bed with words: "Have Faith in God" [now reading in the right direction] (11.52) 1882-1886 animated map of village (12.02) gvs buildings in village (probably illustrated in previous animation), includes brief shots of women with prams and toddlers and boy pushing a wheel barrow in gardens (12.44) 1887 In this year the heart of village was built. The vessel, funded by a Clydeside ship-builder, was cemented into the ground in 1887. It cost ten pounds per child to outfit and transport them. The idea of sending children to Canada greatly appealed to him. We are proud of the significant good that Quarriers has achieved. People across the country were moved by this proposal and began to send in donations. Yet Wilson's catalogue of abuse was far from exceptional. animated map of village (12.51) gvs of church intercut with shots of children filing into the church in their Sunday best; one black girl (13.05) 1887 - 1890 animated map of village (13.14) gvs of village, shots of girls juggling balls against a wall, children playing in front of a fountain (13.47) gvs white, black and russet chickens in several pens (14.05) 1891-1901 animated map of village (14.20) Shot of school, includes montage of girls of ascending age filing out of the school by twos and then boys (14.54) gvs boys walking through streets (15.02) shots of small children in white smocks led by two women (15.11) Shots of two women pushing prams filled with four and six toddlers, others walking beside includes another shot of small smocked children (15.29) gvs views of the village (15.45) c/u sign above Fire station door " 1900 Fire Station given by J.C. Jr. Paisley" includes shot of station (15.52) gvs children on a countryside walk. Birth. She was ordered back to the cottage where she lived with 13 other children. Quarriers works with adults with a disability, children and families, young homeless people, carers and people affected by epilepsy, with a firm focus on the individuals and families who rely on the charitys care and support. Because of the current volume of work being experienced by the Safeguarding and Aftercare Team, there will be at least a four-week delay before we are able to prepare historic records for family members. Other victims now in their late forties and early fifties, wept in the witness stand as they told how Wilson had abused them when, as little more than toddlers, they sat on his knee to read. William Quarrier took offence to this, believing children should not be discriminated against and stopped sending children to Canada under the age of 18. Re: orphanage or poorhouse Kilmacolm Renfrew. The Archives is open daily to offer assistance to local historians, property researchers, genealogists and students. His hypocrisy is breathtaking.". The 1890s parish map shows "Orphan Homes" in the south-east corner of the parish. A fee is only payable to obtain a copy of the records. In 1895, William announced plans to build The Colony of Mercy, a centre for people affected by epilepsy. There her ordeal continued, as it did even when she moved away from the home as an adult. QUARRIER'S HOMES This film is in copyright Please read Understanding catalogue records for help interpreting this information and Using footage for more information about accessing this film. PeterHigginbotham. We condemn the actions of the individuals who perpetrated these crimes as their behaviour was the very opposite of our values. Child Migrants sent to Rhodesia and New Zealand, Samuel Strickland, Susanna Moodie, Catherine Parr Traill and the British Home Child Migrant Scheme, Andrew Doyles 1874 Report on child migrants sent to Canada mainly through Annie MacPherson and Maria Rye, Barnardos Hazelbrae Receiving Home in Peterborough, ON and Senator George Cox, Senator Billa Flint, Annie MacPherson and the Marchmont Homes in Belleville, Ontario, G. Bogue Smart The only Canadian Inspector of British Immigrant Children and Receiving Homes, Senator William Eli Sanford and his influence on The National Childrens Home in Hamilton, Ontario, Mayor Charlotte Whitton and Dr. C.K. She died in 1995, nine years before the past finally caught up with Wilson. In modern times, these orphans' homes and associated buildings have been converted into private housing and some expansion has taken place with new residential development. Accidents at Work Amputation Asbestos Brain injury Car Accidents Compensation Claims Consumer Claims Covid-19 Information Cycle Accidents Employment Law Quarrier's Village is a very small village, right on the edge of the region. I'm still in touch with one girl from the home. Further updates and information will be posted on the FBGA website in due course. The information contained in these records may have included family circumstances and reasons for admission. PeterHigginbotham, Elise Hospital operating theatre, Quarriers Homes. PeterHigginbotham, Quarriers Homes laundry, c.1910. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, 1871-1975: history books, diaries, admission registers etc, Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland, About our Ft. 1951 E Whittier Blvd, La Habra, CA 90631. Quarrier's ultimate vision was to take poor children completely away from the city streets. The Orange County Archives serves as the main repository for historic property documents, vital records and other materials from county government. British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact us direct through online sign language interpreter at. The Quarriers Story, written by Anna Magnusson, chronicles the history of Quarriers from its earliest days as a refuge for thousands of destitute children in Victorian Scotland, through to becoming one of the 21st centurys leading social care charities. Title: QUARRIER'S HOME FOR CHILDREN, BRIDGE OF WEIR Reference number: T2214 Date: [1970] Production company: Scottish Television Sound: sound Original format: 16mm Colour: col Fiction: non-fiction Running time: 14:23 Description: Documentary profiling the Quarrier's home for abandoned children in Bridge of Weir. Having risen out of poverty himself, Quarrier was driven to help the poor and helpless children running rampant in the slums of Glasgow. At the heart of our position is the belief that all survivors of child abuse have the right to be heard and that Scotland should learn the lessons of its past, however painful, to strive to ensure that all children are treated with love and compassion and have the best start in life. I though if he did it to me, he wouldn't do it to my daughter". Thats why we are participating fully in the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry so that we can be part of the solution and continue to play a valuable role in helping vulnerable people and creating a better Scotland. PeterHigginbotham. Then there was Samuel McBrearty, 75, a vicious paedophile whose reign of terror began in 1961. Quarriers is a registered Scottish Charity - No. In 1876, with the money raised from a growing band of supporters, Quarrier bought the 40-acre Nittingshill Farm located between Bridge of Weir and Kilmacolm. More than 30,000 children have passed through Quarriers doors since Victorian times. Except where indicated, this page () PeterHigginbotham. The Quarriers finished with a team score of 419. There are lovely examples of beautiful Victorian houses in the area. Information relating to the timetabling of future hearings will be provided as soon as we are able to do so. girl (2.01) Shot of half-timbered sandstone building, intercut with c/u of plaque, reading "WILLIAM QUARRIER FOUNDER OF THE HOMES LIVED HERE FROM 1886 TO 1906" panning down to three men, including a minister, includes brief shot of boys playing (2.29) girl run along a street in kilts (2.41) Arial shot of village (2.56) gvs a man hands five loaves to two boys in short trousers who hand them to a woman standing outside a house, dropping one (3.13) Two boys carry a heavy basket numbered "2", includes brief shot of two boys playing (3.27) Brief shot of trunks, one labelled "BROCKVILLE, CANADA" (3.30) gvs of church, including shots of children filing in from the surrounding streets (3.55) children crossing bridge (4.09) boys take off coats and boots (4.16) gvs boy peels potatoes into a low square enamel sink, before bringing them through to a woman who is measuring flour in the kitchen (4.38) Man walks through into bathroom, and washes a small boy's hair, while an older boy scrubs another one at the other end of the bath (5.14) C/u shot of boy playing harmonica accompanied on piano, while other boys play table tennis or play with a train set. For the girls, this included laundry work, while the boys learned carpentry. Once, when she returned to the home with her toddler daughter to visit Mrs Wilson, Mrs Wilson's husband sexually abused her again. Chillingly, McBrearty rose to be a respected senior social worker in Aberdeen before his retirement in 1995. Today, Quarriers is one of Scotlands largest social care charities, and while its headquarters remain in Quarriers Village, the organisation supports thousands of people every day through over 100 services across Scotland. Title: 2023Peter Higginbotham. Quarrier's first shipment of children left in 1872 for Annie MacPherson's Homes. QUARRIER'S HOME FOR CHILDREN, BRIDGE OF WEIR, Production company: (19.50) gvs church going, fields around the village, and the village itself (20.51). Phonelines open from Thursday the 9th December after 10am. _8pA,-53x u-Oi/++!0b4aj#SU. Next night it would be another girl". Throughout the 1940s and especially after the end of the war, child welfare became an increasingly important issue for both the government and the public, and The Childrens Act was introduced in 1948. I made many friends during my stay and would grateful if fellow patrons who can remember me and my brother Jack Hannah would contact me to share memories. The site, known as the Orphan Homes of Scotland, opened in 1878 and eventually included around fifty houses together with everything needed for it to be a self-contained community including a post-office, general store, and even its own fire station. Between 1869 and 1932, over 100,000 children were sent from Britain to Canada through assisted juvenile emigration. The children's homes (with their date of completion and number of places) were as follows: Quarriers Homes children's houses on Faith Avenue (Dalry Home nearest camera) -, 2005. In Wilson's case there was another heartbreaking reason why he was able to carry on preying on young girls from the 1960's into the 1980's. PeterHigginbotham. Enter your email address to follow our blog and receive newsletter notifications by email. Inspired by contemporaries Thomas Barnardo and Annie Macpherson, William established a programme of emigration to Canada. These services offer a wide range of support, from care homes and respite for people with a disability to accommodation for young homeless people, support for carers, family centres and community-based support for people living with epilepsy. But the abuse wasn't confined to the male house parents. Quarriers Village Over 400 Quarrier children had already been sent to Canada in care of Annie MacPherson or Ellen Bilbrough but with the growing amount of children ready for immigration, Quarrier, in 1888, purchased a building in Brockville, Ontario, called Fairknowe to be used as his own receiving home. She tormented children as young as five with a "bogey man" called Baw Baw, made from a mop with a grass skirt. Quarriers is a registered Scottish Charity - No. SC001960, Quarriers Head Office, 20 St Kenneth Drive, Glasgow, G51 4QD / Tel: 01505 612224/616000. Quarriers Homes Central Hall, 2005. Each child's entry would have been recorded either in the history books or by an admission form. Whose turn was it tonight? The schemes were not as successful as Quarrier had hoped and were wound up within a few years. Following the Government's announcement last night, the Inquiry has activated plans for all staff to start working remotely. Quarriers Homes: The haven that turned into Hell, It should have been a loving home for orphans instead it was a Den of Sexual Abuse, By Jonathan Brocklebank, Daily Mail, 20/03/2004. Between 1878 and the mid-1980s, over 30,000 children were cared for in Quarriers childrens village. All in all, over 7,000 children were sent to Canada by the Orphan Homes of Scotland (Quarriers). From 1990 onwards, the organisation diversified significantly and established services throughout Scotland, from Elgin in the north east to Dumfries in the south west. William Quarrier and many of his family are buried in the Cemetery along with staff, families and those supported when the organisation was known as the Orphan Homes of Scotland and then Quarriers Homes from 1958. Work on the homes continued steadily, and the village grew to include almost 40 cottages, a school, workshops, Mount Zion Church and a training ship where boys could learn skills for a career in the navy. By post at PO Box 24202, Edinburgh EH3 1JN. he would shout, and the girls would freeze in terror at the bottom of the stairs. Quarriers Village was established in 1878 by philanthropist William Quarrier, a successful merchant who had started his working life at the age of seven as a pin maker. The organisation continued operating much as Quarrier had begun it until the early 1980s, with over 30,000 children being cared for during that period. Throughout adulthood she has suffered from a depressive illness and lives on 50-a-week disability allowance because she can't work. 1948 also saw the establishment of the NHS, which meant that medical facilities such as the Consumption Sanatoria were now run by local health boards. By continuing to use the site you agree to our use of cookies. Once again this Association is making claims that are misleading and incorrect. For 30 years David didn't tell a soul . The note in the right hand column shows the reason for his leaving - "Gone to Quarriers Home". Documentary profiling the Quarrier's home for abandoned children in Bridge of Weir. Registered and Head Office: Quarriers, Quarriers Village, Bridge of Weir PA11 3SX Call 01505 616000/612224 Email hello@quarriers.org.uk www.quarriers.org.uk Quarriers is a registered Scottish . She said, "People say we should have told someone but when some of the girls tried to report the abuse to the most senior person, he did not believe them. He was founder of the Orphan Homes of Scotland in Renfrewshire. "These men are sick," she said, "they are the scum of the earth. animated map of village (12.51) gvs of church intercut with shots of children filing into the church in their Sunday best; one black girl (13.05) 1887 - 1890 animated map of village (13.14) gvs of village, shots of girls juggling balls against a wall, children playing in front of a fountain (13.47) gvs white, black and russet chickens in several pens (14.05) 1891-1901 animated map of village (14.20) Shot of school, includes montage of girls of ascending age filing out of the school by twos and then boys (14.54) gvs boys walking through streets (15.02) shots of small children in white smocks led by two women (15.11) Shots of two women pushing prams filled with four and six toddlers, others walking beside includes another shot of small smocked children (15.29) gvs views of the village (15.45) c/u sign above Fire station door " 1900 Fire Station given by J.C. Jr. Paisley" includes shot of station (15.52) gvs children on a countryside walk.