Home Children were over 100,000 British youths sent to their other dominions between the 1860s and 1970s, often separated from families

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Today I am thinking of my Grandma who was a British home child. At 9 years old she wound up on a farm in Saskatchewan. Her life was one of hardship and cruelty. She was only one of many.

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Today, January 8 would have been David Bowie's 78th birthday.

Do you know his connection with the Barnardo Homes? Here is an article by Sandra Joyce from our February, 2016 Newsletter about it. #BritishHomeChildren

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

Petition to Trudeau to Apologise for Canada's Treatment for Past British Migrants This is an horrific story and one which not only breaks the heart, but inspires frustration that justice has not been fully met.  A simple...

#MarsHillBlog Post On the petition to Justin Trudeau, to ask for an official apology for Canada's treatment of past British migrants #JustinTrudeau #BritishHomeChildren #UnitedKingdom #Canada paulburgin.blogspot.com/2023/12/peti...

Petition to Trudeau to Apologise for Canada's Treatment for Past British Migrants This is an horrific story and one which not only breaks the heart, but inspires frustration that justice has not been fully met.  A simple...

#MarsHillBlog Post On the petition to Justin Trudeau, to ask for an official apology for Canada's treatment of past British migrants #JustinTrudeau #BritishHomeChildren #UnitedKingdom #Canada paulburgin.blogspot.com/2023/12/peti...