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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)
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.