I was 'sent away' from Belfast during WW2, but with my mother and my sister. We were 'sent' to family in Co. Down. We were only 'away' for about 5 months at most. I doubt if there was any official evacuation, as most people had family connections in the country. My husband and his mother moved down to the family farm and he went to the local school. RosemaryJoan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Children 'sent away' during WWII > Claire > Are these records that PRONI may keep? > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Claire McConville" <clairybums@dsl.pipex.com> > To: <FERMANAGH-GOLD@rootsweb.com>; "Down Mailing List" > <NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:05 AM > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Children 'sent away' during WWII > > >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> I have been contacted by a lady whose father and his siblings were >> children >> during WWII and were sent, from Belfast, to live on a farm in Lisbellaw. >> I >> know it was common practice in England, as well as Ireland, for children >> to >> be sent away to live with other families. >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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 -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Rosemary Joan McCormack Sent: 19 January 2008 16:17 To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Children 'sent away' during WWII I was 'sent away' from Belfast during WW2, but with my mother and my sister. We were 'sent' to family in Co. Down. We were only 'away' for about 5 months at most. I doubt if there was any official evacuation, as most people had family connections in the country. My husband and his mother moved down to the family farm and he went to the local school. RosemaryJoan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Children 'sent away' during WWII > Claire > Are these records that PRONI may keep? > > Mike Boyd > Brisbane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Claire McConville" <clairybums@dsl.pipex.com> > To: <FERMANAGH-GOLD@rootsweb.com>; "Down Mailing List" > <NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:05 AM > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Children 'sent away' during WWII > > >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> I have been contacted by a lady whose father and his siblings were >> children >> during WWII and were sent, from Belfast, to live on a farm in Lisbellaw. >> I >> know it was common practice in England, as well as Ireland, for children >> to >> be sent away to live with other families.