Hello Claire, You might like to look at the following site and read about David Hill and his 2 brothers who were sent to Australia from England. As you can see, he has written a book (The Forgotten Children). http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/stories/s1916836.htm Regards Alma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claire McConville" <clairybums@dsl.pipex.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 2:54 AM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Children 'sent away' during WWII > Hi Rosemary, Thanks for your input! I hope the term 'sent away' didn't > come > across as in any way offensive, as in some kind of punishment, as it > wasn't > intended that way. I was trying to think of the word and couldn't come up > with anything suitable. Thinking about it, 'refugees' would be more > suitable. It just wouldn't work its way to the front of my brain at the > time. > > I think you are probably right about it not being an official thing and > people going to families. I'm thinking that perhaps there were > establishments set up for those people who didn't have contacts elsewhere. > I > must say though, that this is an extremely interesting subject. I have > found > a few good sites and got carried away reading them. > > http://multitext.ucc.ie/d/The_BlitzBelfast_during_the_second_World_War > > and > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/categories/c1103/index_10.shtml > > Thanks once again. > > Claire > > www.claires-rosleaancestry.co.uk
Thanks Alma, I've got right into this now. Looks like I'll be doing a lot of reading tomorrow! Claire www.claires-rosleaancestry.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of FT. & AM. Sent: 19 January 2008 21:23 To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Children 'sent away' during WWII Hello Claire, You might like to look at the following site and read about David Hill and his 2 brothers who were sent to Australia from England. As you can see, he has written a book (The Forgotten Children). http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/stories/s1916836.htm Regards Alma