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Reference NoCA/26/2
Alt Reference NoDD1084
Accession No 1084
TitleAberdeen City: Register of Children and Young Persons detained in Kaimhill Remand Home
DescriptionDetails include the names, addresses, dates of birth, time and date of admission and discharge, crime charged with and remarks on those on remand in the home. Indexed for years up to 1961 - latter years do not seem to be indexed.
Date1941 - 1968
CreatorKaimhill Remand Home
Extent1 volume
​Open or Restricted AccessRestricted
Access ConditionsAccess to this register is restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act 2018. Please contact staff for more details.
Administrative HistoryKaimhill Remand Home opened in 1941.
According to the UK National Archives remand homes "held children committed for trial or awaiting removal to an approved school" (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/children-care/#6-childrens-homes-from-1930): the Children's And Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1932, made it a requirement for local authorities to provide Remand Homes, which had been first introduced by the 1901 Youthful Offenders Act, to provide safe custody for young people aged 8-16, temporarily being held in custody. The home was run jointly by Aberdeen Town Council and the county councils of Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. It was replaced by Brimmond (see CA/26/3) in 1973 and residents were transferred in April 1973 (see Press and Journal 20 April 1973 p. 21).
The home had facilities to look after two girls and six boys (P&J 8 Mar 1973).
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