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The Home, at Butlin House, 104, Leicester Road, New Barnet, accommodates
11 mentally handicapped boys between the ages of 5 and 16 years and " The Sapsted,"
Peter Pan House, 2, Warwick Road, New Barnet, 11 girls in the same age group.
The children are in the care of 5 housemothers with the assistance of daily helps and
voluntary workers.
The Homes are open to private patients and children recommended by the
Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Wiltshire and London County Councils, the charge being £5
per week, the remainder of the cost being borne by the Society.
The Society has its own training centre for the children of Hertfordshire, Wiltshire
and London, but at the moment children from Middlesex attend the Friern Barnet
Junior Training Centre at Oakleigh Road North, N.20.
Enquiries should be made to the Honorary Secretary, 21, East End Road, N.3
(FINchley 2780).
MIDDLESEX AND SURREY LEAGUE FOR THE HARD OF HEARING
The following activities are available at the Finchley group — games, socials,
competitions, exhibitions, discussions, debates, talks, lip-reading and clear speech
practice, arm-chair travel with coloured slides, advice and help with all problems of
hearing. Members may participate in conferences, week-end courses, and other
functions organised by the League, and by the British Association for the Hard-ofHearing,
to which the League is affiliated.
Home visits are arranged for the sick and housebound members. Members may
also join in the various holidays organised during the year.
Finchley Meetings:
1st and 3rd Tuesdays in each month, 7—9 p.m. at 7, Woodside Grove, N.12.
Lip-reading Circle:
Fridays, 2.30 p.m.—4 p.m. at the Further Education Centre, Stanhope
Road, N.12.
Sketching Circle:
2nd Monday in the month. Location not yet finally settled.
Enquiries to the Secretary, Miss Mary Taylor, 24, Quakers Lane, Potters Bar,
Middlesex. (Tel.: Potters Bar 58373). Miss Taylor will be pleased to lecture to
other organisations on the problems of the hard-of-hearing.
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