This is a ten minute interview about the Middlemore homes on the balh.org.uk website.
You can view the accompanying pdf notes by clicking HERE.
Click below for the full interview
Tag: Middlemore Homes
Stories of the Lost Children
Herbert Morand The Middlemore Annual Reports include photographs of some children from 1896 onwards. One of the earliest children to feature in this way was Herbert Morand. His father, Eugene, was French and his step-mother English. They lived at 134A Belgrave Road and there were six children in the family. …
Time Line
The Historical Timeline Of The Middlemore Homes Progress of the Homes Reports & Legislation 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act setting up workhouses 1850 Emigration of Children Act permitted assisted emigration of workhouse children 1869 Maria Rye’s first party to Canada including some workhouse children 1869 Canada Immigration Act required medical …
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)
Links of Interest
Here are some Middlemore related,interesting, informative and educational links… Fairbridge Farm School Canada A story of British Home Children on Vancouver Island British Home Children in CanadaPlenty of good information on this website Middlemore Atlantic SocietyPhoto Galleries and much more… Books About MiddlemoreA fine selection of reading material
School Packs
These educational resources are freely available for all teachers and provide a great starting point for lesson plans, workshops or group discussions. Click Here For The Lost Children School Packs Key Stage Two This pack is aimed at children in Key Stage 2. It is about the Middlemore Children’s Emigration …
A Presentation by Pat Skidmore
Marjorie – Too Afraid to Cry Saturday 21st September at 2.00 pm The Lyttelton Theatre at the Birmingham & Midland Institute (Margaret Street B3 3BS, near to the Council House) Free Admission, no pre-booking required Approx 1 hour duration, includes a Q&A session. In February 1937, ten-year-old Marjorie Arnison was …
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 …
Letters from the Lost Children
The archives in Birmingham Library contain quite a number of letters sent back to England by children emigrated to Canada. Some are positive. One girl wrote, “I have got fat and red cheeked now and I go to school every day. I am learning the times tables and doing sums …
Middlemore: 1949 onwards – family rehabilitation
Child emigration by the Middlemore Homes continued until 1949. By this date government legislation (the Children Act of 1948) and changes in attitudes to child welfare meant emigration was seen as appropriate in only a small number of cases. During the period 1949 – 1954 the Middlemore Homes’ only activity …
THE LOST CHILDREN EXHIBITION
Update : The Exhibition continues From Ten a.m. to Four p.m. Daily Until the 21st of October 2019 AT ST. MARTIN IN THE BULL RING, EDGBASTON STREET, BIRMINGHAM B5 5BB Click Here for updated promo leaflets / flyers The Lost Children Exhibition was Launched on Friday 13th September We were …