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Hi All I am looking for any information on the edward nicholl childrens home from 1949 onwards, my uncle was placed there after being born in chepstow in 1949, he left there in 1954 when he was fostered out to a gwen price. I seem to have reached a brick wall ta keri

I got the following off Hidden Lives, the CofE Waifs & Strays society website Edward Nicholl Home For Babies, Llandaff Llandaff, Glamorganshire (1918 - 1922) There is not a lot of information about this home as it was only open for a few years and is therefore infrequently mentioned in our records. The Home was dedicated and opened on July 30th 1918 by the Bishop of Llandaff and Major-General Lee, and could house twenty-five babies, each less than one year old. The Home was the brainchild of Lord Tredegar and Edward Nicholl who in 1917, started the 'South Wales Scheme'. The plan was to build three homes in South Wales - one for boys, one for girls, and one for babies. Tredegar and Nicholl offered to donate three acres of land and £25,000 to the construction of these homes, under the condition that the Society contributed £20,000 to secure the future of the scheme. Mrs Robinson, the Honorary Secretary, immediately started fundraising and in only three years had collected enough money. This Home was only intended to be open for a short time, as the bigger scheme was to raise more money and relocate the babies' Home to Cardiff. In 1922 they achieved their goal. The larger Cardiff Home could accommodate fifty babies, and quickly earned the nickname the “House of Smiles” because the children were so very happy in the new Edward Nicholl Nursery The site seems to have no info on the 2nd Edward Nicholl nursery http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk

Thanks Goerge. kes.