Hello, I don't know how many researchers on this List have an ancestor who was a "home child." And, if you do, whether or not you are on the "British Home Children" List. But, I have heard about a book, "Yesterday's Naughty Children," because of the BHC List and the Liverpool, England, List. I found out it is not really available to US residents, so I requested it from my library. I picked it up yesterday. The full name of this book is: "Yesterday's Naughty Children. Training Ship, Girls' Reformatory and Farm School. A History of the Liverpool Reformatory Association, founded in 1855. I was surprised to see it was a small book, but it's about 120 pages of very detailed information. If anyone wants to know what life was like for the children in Liverpool, England, especially in the "poor" neighborhoods, in the 1850 to 1890 timeframe, you might want to look at this book. The pictures alone will disturb you. The first part of the book is devoted to the lives of the hundreds of boys who were sent to live on the "Akbar Reform Ship" which sat in the River Mersey. The boys were not allowed to go live there unless they were healthy and strong. One thing? They were required to bathe once a week - "in" the River Mersey - no matter the weather ! As I've mentioned before, my great-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth CORKILL, b1860 Liverpool, and her 4 younger siblings, were born and raised in Liverpool. They, and their older brother, Edward, lost their mother ~1872, and their father was a Master Mariner who seemingly was hardly ever home. In ~1872, Edward was sent to live on the Akbar Reform Ship. In 1873, he made his way to Vancouver, B.C. I don't know whether the officials on the Akbar got a job for him on a "sailing ship," or whether his father made arrangements for him to get to Canada. In 1873, his uncle, John CORKILL, sent the 5 younger children to live in the Liverpool Sheltering Homes. It had just opened. The 4 youngest were sent to Canada in 1874. The youngest were 2 boys, Ages 5 and 3. Mary had misbehaved and the officials wouldn't allow her to go with her siblings. She had to "plead" to be allowed to join them in 1875. All 5 went to different families in Nova Scotia. -- The other book which I have requested from my local library is, I'm told, one of the best books on the history of the "home children," starts out with the title, "The Golden Bridge ......" It was written by Marj Kohli in Canada. In New England, I'm finding out that some of the larger Universities have some of the books I'm interested in. Enjoy -- September ! Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) List Administrator