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Hazel Brae Barnardo Home
(renamed the Margaret Cox Home)

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Above: Mrs. Gibbs leaving Haze. Brae in a buggy - May 1896 "Ups and Downs" magazine


A post card dated May 4 1887
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Staff members sorting out trunks for Barnardo Girls at Hazlebrae 1911
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Barnardo girls on the grounds of Hazelbrae. It was taken during a public reception. 1911 
Source: Peterborough Centennial Museum & Archives
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1913 Girls at the front of Hazelbrae
Source:   Peterborough Centennial Museum & Archives
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Girls at the  Margaret Cox Home formally Hazlebrae Home
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Peterborough Museum and Archives


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From the book: Memoirs of the Late Dr. Barnardo published c1906


Links for more information

A Letter from Hazel Brae
written by Annie Gevaux

The Hazel Brae Barnardo Home Memorial

The Hazelbrae Barnardo Home Memorial Group

 The Ivy Sucee Story

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