Radio Interview About The Home Children
Here you can listen to an informative and interesting interview about the lost children project that was featured on Radio WM ( West Midlands UK)
Tag: Birmingham History
Birmingham U.K. Library Resources
These links for researchers point to the online catalogue for the Birmingham library in the U.K. The online catalogue lists all the resources stored physically at the Library itself. You will need to actually visit the library in order to view the material in person. 1 – Application books 2 …
THE LOST CHILDREN
A Heritage Lottery Funded Project The Background In 1873, twenty-six waifs and strays, from the poorest backgrounds imaginable, set sail for Toronto, Canada, some 4000 miles from the industrial heart of Birmingham City. Many left parents and siblings behind. These were the first of c.6000 children to be emigrated from …
The Middlemore babies’ home (Crowley House)
The Middlemore babies’ home (Crowley House) The Middlemore Homes also ran a babies’ home at Selly Oak called Crowley House. This was established in 1938 for children under school age, who were too young to be emigrated. The babies’ home closed in 1954.