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 > > > From: "Claire McConville" > > 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. > > > This lady has posted to the Belfast mailing list but unfortunately not had > > any response so I am posting here as the two places mentioned fall into > > the > > boundaries and also, as I know how helpful and knowledgeable you all are. > > > Is there any way of finding out information about children sent away to > > live > > on farms? Government lists perhaps? I have emailed the lady back to get a > > surname just in case someone has already been researching this, I have to > > say most interesting, topic. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > 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