Now I collect local history societies, even if I am too far away to attend.
And of course, become quite excited when they feature stories of British Home Children.
So, I was especially pleased to read a post from Marion Crawford, whose Canadian Facebook* site advertised the Lost Children Exhibition in Birmingham organized by the Balsall Heath Local History Society, from September 14th through to September 22nd. **
It looks fascinating, and has a personal resonance for me, because both my grandfather and one of his brothers was born in Birmingham, and later it was the Birmingham based Middlemore Society which took that brother across the Atlantic on behalf of the Derby Union.
So, the exhibition has a personal dimension and is a nice twist that a Birmingham event, was publicized by a Canadian BHC site, and has come home with it being posted on our own British Home …… the story from Britain. ***
Location Birmingham
* Middlemore Atlantic Society
**Balsall Heath Local History Society, http://balsallheathhistory.co.uk/
*** British Home …… the story from Britain
And of course, become quite excited when they feature stories of British Home Children.
It looks fascinating, and has a personal resonance for me, because both my grandfather and one of his brothers was born in Birmingham, and later it was the Birmingham based Middlemore Society which took that brother across the Atlantic on behalf of the Derby Union.
So, the exhibition has a personal dimension and is a nice twist that a Birmingham event, was publicized by a Canadian BHC site, and has come home with it being posted on our own British Home …… the story from Britain. ***
Location Birmingham
* Middlemore Atlantic Society
**Balsall Heath Local History Society, http://balsallheathhistory.co.uk/
*** British Home …… the story from Britain
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