The young girls would whisper gravely amongst themselves until they resolved the issue. Further updates and information will be posted on the FBGA website in due course. She never understood what he was doing: "I was only ten and we were never told about sex in the home". Recognising that children in the homes were far less likely to be orphans due to changes in healthcare and the falling rates of diseases like smallpox, the Orphan Homes of Scotland changed its name to Quarriers Homes in 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. The Archives is also home to a vast collection of historic photos and archival . During the 1920s and 1930s, the Homes housed up more than 1,500 children at any one time. The awful irony is that Quarriers Village was supposed to be a haven, a warm and caring countryside environment for children who had already been exposed to more that their share of sadness. The Colony, which was opened by William and Isabellas daughter Mary in 1906, offered a comfortable environment for people affected by epilepsy to undergo treatment as well as learning skills in the workshops and at evening classes. The Colony of Mercy was not to open its doors until after William Quarrier's death which took place on October 16th, 1903. Title: QUARRIER'S HOMES Reference number: 1996 Date: 1936 - 1949* Sound: silent Original format: 16mm Colour: bwcol Fiction: non-fiction Running time: 21 mins Quarrier's Homes, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, Scotland This website uses cookies so we can provide the best user experience. As well as his work with children, Quarrier contributed to his country's health care provision. His departure came as a blessed relief for the youngster who had had also been abused by her previous house parent. (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. The Archives is open daily to offer assistance to local historians, property researchers, genealogists and students. Please read Understanding catalogue records for help interpreting this information and Using footage for more information about accessing this film. Scotland Redress Scheme is now open for applications, please follow the link to apply. Asked why she did not stop him she replied, "He was my dad. Training Ship James Arthur, Quarriers Homes, c.1905. A 1913 map shows the appearance of additional children's houses, a fire station, TB sanatorium, and Colony of Mercy. In our view this Association is corrupt and has shielded others from being brought to justice. The schemes were not as successful as Quarrier had hoped and were wound up within a few years. 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. 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. 1 0 obj In 2013, The William Quarrier Scottish Epilepsy Centre opened in Glasgow, offering world-leading treatment and diagnostic facilities in a central, more accessible location. Once, when she returned to the home with her toddler daughter to visit Mrs Wilson, Mrs Wilson's husband sexually abused her again. WE HAD GREAT DIFFICULTIES EVEN AFTER BECOMING MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION AT THE BEHEST OF THE CHAIRMAN OF QUARRIERS. 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). Here, in the village created by committed Christian William Quarrier in the late-1800's, their childhoods could be rescued and restored. Brockville. homes. 4 0 obj We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. This led to similar initiatives with newsboys and a parcel brigade. 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. Soon an Invalid Home became available and a laundry, workshops, bakehouse, church, store and growing numbers of cottages were built. But by the late 1950's according to witness testimonies, many childhoods were being destroyed and what emerged at Wilson's trial was a merciless culture of child abuse spanning decades. Yet another middle-aged woman told how Wilson molested her as a child in the bathroom, kitchen and playroom, over many years. The Quarriers Story PeterHigginbotham. 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. animated map of village (16.41) Exts buildings, c/u signs "Elise Hospital", "Campbell Maltman Home 1938" (17.03) gvs toddlers playing outside on a toy horse, tricycles and a toy car (17.50) Ints small children on a climbing frame (18.05) c/u sign "Laing Shrewbury Home" includes gvs of a row of prams on the lawn, with babies asleep and awake, women come to pick up the children to take them inside (18.31) gvs children playing tennis on courts (18.40) gvs boys playing rounders and cricket, some of the boys are barefoot (19.00) boys playing football (19.25) gvs girls playing netball and hockey (19.35) boys playing a table game similar to bagatelle? PeterHigginbotham, Quarriers Homes street signs, 2005. The Association of Quarriers Homes, accuse the FBGA of stealing the FBGA name. William decided that now that he was no longer poor he had to help and established a Shoeblack Brigade for children living on the streets. Wilson was one of the worst. Wilson simply mumbled, "I don't know". The Act was meant to assure the Canadian public that every precaution is being taken to guard against the moral or physical deterioration of our people, said Arthur S.Hardy, Premier of Ontario, in a public statement. 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. PeterHigginbotham. The abuse began when she was just ten and continued for seven years and even today it casts an indelible shadow over her life. Quarriers archive contains evidence of both success and failure of individual children in their quest for a new life and, as one would expect, success stories tend to be given greater prominence in reports and other published accounts. People across the country were moved by this proposal and began to send in donations. Documentary profiling the Quarrier's home for abandoned children in Bridge of Weir. By continuing to use the site you agree to our use of cookies. We believe we have evidence that they have also covered up this abuse, and some of the Association members have been directly involved. . Please click hereif you are not redirected within a few seconds. 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. The jury at the High Court in Glasgow unanimously found him guilty of 15 charges of molesting children. %PDF-1.7 PeterHigginbotham. This was followed by the creation of the 'Colony of Mercy' providing care for sufferers of epilepsy. House parents, he assured her, "do not do that sort of thing". (0.59) Arial shots of the Village (1.21) Shots of children filing through street (1.32) boys playing football (1.42) Shot over the roof of the church, (filmed from the tower?) His charity was known as. The Orange County Archives serves as the main repository for historic property documents, vital records and other materials from county government. William Quarrier took offence to this, believing children should not be discriminated against and stopped sending children to Canada under the age of 18. PeterHigginbotham, Quarriers Colony of Mercy from the south-east. They genuinely loved his wife Jan, whom they called "Mum" and they feared that exposing her husband as an abuser might destroy her. A similar scheme followed for another group of Glasgow children who sold newspapers in the city's streets. He ended up in the care of Quarriers Children's Village in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, where John Porteous, now 77, abused him in the church bell tower. 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. Dunbar called her a LIAR. Yet Wilson's catalogue of abuse was far from exceptional. 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. These include: Home of Industry, Spitalfields: History books, register and emigrant register (1870-1924), Annie Macpherson Home, Stratford, Ontario: Register and history books of children sent to Canada (1871-1915), Marchmont Homes, Canada: History books and lists (1870-1914). privacy policy, Health and social care > Residential homes, GB/NNAF/C33320 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O38930 ). First complaints against Porteous made to police in 1982. Quarriers Homes bakery, early 1900s. He'd shepherd us into church twice on a Sunday and again on a Wednesday and stand there as bold as brass, singing hymns. Her tragic reply was, "I thought the abuse was normal because I got it from a previous housefather". Cottage homes 'villages' were generally sited in the country and comprised a number of houses each containing thirty or forty children and two house parents in a 'family group'. PeterHigginbotham. For the girls, this included laundry work, while the boys learned carpentry. Now a residential commuter village, Quarrier's was constructed as the Orphans Homes of Scotland in the late 19th century by philanthropist William Quarrier. The Quarriers organisation now directs its efforts to providing a wide range of social care services throughout Scotland. The Village at Bridge-of-Weir, as it was later known, was opened in 1878 and became the primary Orphan Homes of Scotland Home (Quarriers). PeterHigginbotham. This would be a homely living environment for poor and destitute children, and a real contrast to the institutional orphanages of the time. This website uses cookies so we can provide the best user experience. In 1896, he set up Scotland's first sanatorium for tuberculosis patients on a site adjacent to the village. [BW] [No credits] shot of a white car entering the village (0.11) [slow tracking shot from car] General views of Quarriers Homes, a flag flying from the end of each garden, lion rampant, and Union flags. horse, and then showing it to the camera (5.56) gvs Bronze and white turkeys, and white chickens, includes shot of a man in a buff coat walking out of a hen house with buckets filled with eggs, and feeding the chickens (6.28) Shot of flower bed which bears the words, "HAVE FAITH IN GOD" (6.34) gvs Church, sky overcast (6.42) Ints Church, decorated for Christmas, with ribbons and baubles (6.50) Nurses and man dressed as Father Christmas walk with small children (6.55) THANKSGIVING DAY AT THE ORPHAN HOMES OF SCOTLAND. By 1905, their daughters Agnes Quarrier Burges and Mary Quarrier began sending children once again to Fairknowe in Brockville, with a break only during the First World War. We also joined the Boys Brigade Lifeboys at the time. The 53 year-old, known only as Mrs Y, arrived at the home from a broken home in the early 1960's. We will request two forms of identification one item must be photographic, and the other being proof of your current address. William Quarrier died in 1903 and his wife Isabella followed shortly after in 1904. Once all checks have been undertaken, we can produce a records pack for you. (19.50) gvs church going, fields around the village, and the village itself (20.51). However, with changes in child-care practice and legislation, numbers residing at the village declined steadily from the 1970s onwards. All titles with videos Quarriers Homes Orphanage 1955-1960 - Rootschat.com 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. 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. More than 30,000 children have passed through Quarriers doors since Victorian times. Title: Shot of cows seated, then walking into a barn watched by a small group of boys (5.45) gvs man leading a Clydesdale? Scotland Redress Scheme is now open for applications, please follow the link to apply. Description: In 2004 Quarriers apologised to individuals affected and will continue to offer support to anyone with a grievance. PeterHigginbotham, Quarriers Homes carpentry workshop, c.1910. 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. Quarrier's Homes, Bridge of Weir | The National Archives 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. It was named in memory of the wife of Sir Thomas Glen Coats who donated the 10,000 cost of its construction. The children were taught practical skills to prepare them for future employment. A few years after his ship-carpenter fathers untimely demise during a cholera epidemic in Quebec, William Quarriers mother moved her family to Glasgow. The lawyer advised her to talk to the police. She was ordered back to the cottage where she lived with 13 other children. He did it once again when he visited her Glasgow home. Qui sont les petits immigrants britanniques et les enfants travailleurs migrants? (5.29) [COL] Epilepsy colony - farm. They were also required to attend school classes in the evening and a Sunday school. I have one possibility to offer you. QUARRIER'S HOME FOR CHILDREN, BRIDGE OF WEIR, Production company: Please see, William Quarrier The Orphan Homes of Scotland, [email protected] more information at. PA11 3SX. In 1871, he had raised sufficient funds to open a home for orphaned children at 10 Renfrew Lane and by the spring of the following year, thirty-five children were ready to emigrate to Canada. _8pA,-53x u-Oi/++!0b4aj#SU. 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. PeterHigginbotham, Quarriers Homes drapery store, c.1910. PeterHigginbotham. OK. Quarriers is a unique, inspirational Scottish charity that grew from one mans vision to an organisation that supports thousands of people to reach their potential. Aftercare | Quarriers records | Quarriers The Inquiry has access to excellent IT and infrastructure allowing our teams to still work effectively. Wilson stopped the car and as she leaned over to be sick Wilson sexually abused her. He was founder of the Orphan Homes of Scotland in Renfrewshire. The 75 year-old who used to tell children she had been sent by GOD, was put on probation for three years after she admitted five charges of cruelty. Torr Aluinn and Hoop House, Dunoon. Marks. PeterHigginbotham, Quarriers Homes (detail), c.1910. The Quarriers finished with a team score of 419. Natalie Berg had a 110. Quarriers Village Archives - Discover Inverclyde An illustration of the role of Quarriers homes for orphans. He went on to become a successful shoe merchant, owning several shops in Glasgow. 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. Any enquiries should be sent to [emailprotected] and we will get back to you as soon as possible. [CDATA[ require(["mojo/signup-forms/Loader"], function(L) { L.start({"baseUrl":"mc.us10.list-manage.com","uuid":"a3bf6b988b3a7075347b15db0","lid":"ef1ce67315"}) }) // ]]> William Quarrier was born in Cross Shore Street in Greenock in 1829. The original headquarters were on Jamaica Street, followed by Bath Street and finally located at 114 Trongate where the three Brigades amalgamated into The Industrial Brigade.