People's Stories - Sharing Our Voices

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Susan’s Story

Susan Street was born in Portsmouth in 1946. She has lived in Shared Lives arrangements since 1957. Sue regularly comes to the Day Centre in...

Tommy’s Story

Tommy Hannam has been using Grace Eyre's services for a long time. He first joined Shared Lives nearly 50 years ago. He has been living...

Barbara’s Story

Barbara talked to Annie King about her life. She shared her experiences as a child in London after the war, her family, memories of...

Christine’s Story

Christine Wells was born on the 16th November, 1906. She lived in London. Her parents were not married when they had her. Her mother...

Albert’s Story

Albert Trewden was born on 28th September, 1932. He was the eldest of 6 children. The Guardianship Society’s form says Albert was “feeble-minded”. People...

Diana’s Story

Diana Salvage was a carer for nearly 50 years. She retired only recently. She provided support to people with learning disabilities for a long time....

Francis’ Story

Francis Aloisio worked for Grace Eyre from 1985 to 1995. He was a Clients Service Manager first. Then he became Director in 1989. When he...

Nick’s Story

Nick Goldsmith has worked with Shared Lives since 1994. He has seen a lot of changes in Grace Eyre during that time. He has also...

Gillian’s Story

Gillian Capon-Browning was born in East Chitlingley in 1933. She spoke to us about her childhood memories of people from the Guardianship. She knew three...

People’s Stories