Liz Berry's poetry book 'The Home Child'

Liz Berry's 'The Home Child' is a beautiful extended poem about a child who was sent away #BritishHomeChildren #familyhistory #genealogy #poetry #BritishHomeChildDay

Bringing to light British Home Children’s stories Between the 1860s and 1970s, over 130,000 children were sent to live in overseas dominions by the British government. Known as British Home Children, many of their stories have been lost to history.

Apparently today is #BritishHomeChildDay, commemorating British home children migration scheme #genealogy
www.findmypast.co.uk/page/british... I have a British home child in my #familytree #familyhistory