Remembering those who crossed the Atlantic as British Home Children .... September 28th

Now for all of us who can count a British Home Child as part of our family, September 28th is a special day.

It is that moment in the year which has been recognised in Canada as British Home Child Day, and judging by the events recognising the thousands of young people sent from Britain to Canada, this year will be a very significant one. 

There will be illuminations, proclamations and exhibits as well as other “happenings” mounted by communities across the country.

As yet we lag along way behind, but I know there are people like Trish Leslie and others beavering away at increasing the awareness that it was British institutions which migrated children across the Atlantic from the 1870s into the early decades of the next century.

Our web site has been steadily growing, attracting interested people keen to know more, or prepared to share their knowledge and skills at tracking down British Home Children.*

Last year, one person persuaded a local authority to illuminate the Town Hall, while others were giving talks.

All of which leaves me to publicise the latest newsletter from Home Children Canada.*

Amongst a heap of interesting articles there is a full list of the events celebrating BHC Day.

And when you have read the newsletter I suggest you dig into the home site Home Children Canada which is a vast resource for those wanting to know about BHC.***

*British Home Children …. The story from Britain, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1624406061006317

**Home Children Canada, September 2022 Newsletter, https://www.britishhomechildren.com/_files/ugd/186d15_460bd16d3e374e12b6e4a6804ac22e40.pdf?utm_campaign=01a18020-3d51-483e-8bf8-2840d8183c5f&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=5bcec5e8-1b55-40b1-8dc0-5dc5575b9217

***Home Children Canada, https://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/