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Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 2 Send Message	Paul	Report	17 Apr 2007 19:45
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 2 Send Message	Can anybody help me,I am trying to find out any information about an orphanage my Grandmother was in at about 1895-1900ish,it was in Clacton Essex ,I have tried searching around the web but seem to be going around in circles,any information would be very helpful to me, Many Thanks Paul.
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2 077 Send Message	Paul Barton, Special Agent	Report	17 Apr 2007 19:58
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 2 077 Send Message	I found this on Access to Archives. London Metropolitan Archives: John Groom's Association for Disabled People Catalogue Ref. LMA/4305 PHOTOGRAPHS AND TRANSPARENCIES JOHN GROOM'S ORPHANAGE, CLACTON-ON-SEA I suggest you contact London Metropolitan Archives and ask what they hold. 40 Northampton Road London EC1R 0HB England Tel: 020 7332 3820 Fax: 020 7833 9136 Email: ask.lma 'at' cityoflondon.gov.uk Website: http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma Open : Mon, Wed, Fri 9.30-4.45; Tue, Thur 9.30-7.30; limited Saturday openings (see website)