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Digital copy of a statement by Haut de la Garenne Superintendent Colin Tilbrook concerning Witness 493. Taken from the Children's Services client file of Witness 493. [Some details redacted].

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Reference	ZC/D/AW1/A3/6/1/52/WD004922
Date	10 October 1966
Scope and Content	Details circumstances surrounding Witness 493's admission to Haut de la Garenne following his mother leaving Jersey to visit her ill mother. Recalls detailing Witness 493's situation to [Children's Officer] [Patricia] Thornton who agreed to send a Child Care Officer to Witness 493. Refers to Witness 493's arrival at Haut de la Garenne with [Deputy Children's Officer] [C A] Smith. Refers to Witness 493 sitting with Colin Tilbrook in the Intermediates sitting room as they watched the news. Notes Witness 493's embarrassed demeanour, and his conversation with [houseparent] [Ray] Williams. Refers to Witness 493's later uncooperatiove behaviour with [Ray] Williams, and an agreement that Witness 493 would spend the night in the detention rooms. Comments on a health complaint affecting Witness 493's ears, and Witness 493's general health, mentioning the Deputy Medical Officer of Health. Details discussion with the Children's Office regarding Witness 493, mentioning [Child Care Officers] [Lois] Bygraves and [Jim] Thomson, and the possibility of transferring Witness 493 to a fostering placement during his mother's absence from the island.
Names	Children's Services Haut de la Garenne Smith, C A Tilbrook, Colin Thornton, Patricia Thomson, Jim Bygrave, Lois Williams, Ray
Keywords	admissions \| behaviour \| Children's Officers \| Child Care Officers \| children's homes \| courts \| Children \| childcare \| care orders \| children's services \| doctors \| detention rooms \| deputy medical officers of health \| evidence \| foster homes \| fostering \| health \| houseparents \| mothers \| neighbours \| Planes \| Schools \| sickness \| Superintendents \| staff \| statements \| telephones \| witnesses
Places	Haut de la Garenne
Dimensions	1 pdf file
Language	English
Level of description	File
Access restrictions	Closed for preservation - please consult digital copy

Context:

ZC/D/AW Independent Jersey Care Inquiry

ZC/D/AW1 Independent Jersey Care Inquiry - Phase 1a. Evidence of and relating to former residents of children's homes and foster care. Includes Witness Statements given to the Inquiry and the States of Jersey Police, and supporting evidence in the form of Witness Documents.

ZC/D/AW1/A Phase 1a - Witness Documents. Evidence relating to the experiences of former residents of children's homes and foster care. Includes extracts from Children's Services client files, witness statements given to the States of Jersey Police and documents relating to criminal proceedings and convictions of abusers.

ZC/D/AW1/A3 Witness Documents - Witness Documents Being Read Into The Record. Supporting evidence relating to the experiences of former residents of children's homes and foster placements designated as Witnesses Being Read Into The Record as part of Phase 1a.

ZC/D/AW1/A3/6 Evidence about former residents of Haut de la Garenne designated as Witnesses Being Read into the Record during Phase 1a, in the form of Witness Documents.

ZC/D/AW1/A3/6/1 Evidence about former residents of Haut de la Garenne admitted between 1959 and 1969 designated as Witnesses Being Read into the Record during Phase 1a, in the form of Witness Documents.

ZC/D/AW1/A3/6/1/52 Evidence about Witness 493, a former resident of Haut de la Garenne admitted between 1959 and 1969 designated as a Witness Being Read into the Record during Phase 1a, in the form of Witness Documents.

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Digital copy of a statement by Haut de la Garenne Superintendent Colin Tilbrook concerning Witness 493. Taken from the Children's Services client file of Witness 493. [Some details redacted].

ZC/D/AW1/A3/6/1/52/WD004922

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