I'd like to say a big thank you to all who replied! Even though there doesn't seem to be anything in the way of records, the lady I was asking on behalf of is most pleased with the responses! I'm sure her answer will be out there somewhere, perhaps in someone's personal data. In the meantime, if anyone spots anything that might be of interest, I'd be very grateful to hear of it and I'm sure, so will she. So glad I'm subscribed to all the BEST lists! Claire McConville www.claires-rosleaancestry.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nir-down-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ocollaugh@comcast.net Sent: 20 January 2008 06:42 To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Children 'sent away' during WWII Nazis couldn't hit a barn if they were inside of it. don -------------- Original message -------------- From: Juditoh@aol.com > Regarding the comment by Mr McAllister about Irish neutrality. That did not > include Northern Ireland and I know that Belfast harbor had large ship yards. > I would think it would be seen as a potential target. The rest of Ireland was > neutral. > > > In a message dated 1/19/2008 3:21:47 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, > mcallisterfamily@btopenworld.com writes: > > Hi all, this sort of thing happened in England from many of the main areas > when the Germans were bombing strategic targets. > My father-in-law was sent from Birmingham, he lived near to the Dunlop > factory, out to the wilds of Derbyshire. My mother's family were sent from > south-east London up to Yorkshire, a trip of several hours by train, most of > them went back many years later and settled there too. > Rather than the phrase 'children sent away', the term 'evacuee' was deemed a > suitable description of these children, many of whom were also evacuated to > Canada, but some of these were home children, already orphans. Many were > killed also after the ships they were traveling on were sunk. > It is only reccently I have found out that there were bombings that had > taken place in Ireland too! > I thought the IRish were neutral during WW2! > Regards, Michael McAllister >