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Sung by Marion Parsons, video by Lori Oschefski

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British Home Child Tribute Movie
with special use of "Frederick Shortt's Lament"
sung by Marion Parsons

http://www.marionparsons.com/2012/08/...

The British Home Children

Approximately 118,000 children were sent to Canada from England, Scotland, Ireland,The Isle of Man and Wales under the Child Immigration scheme from 1863-1939 (figures from David Lornete, Home Children Canada). These boys and girls, ranging in age from toddlers to adolescents, were all unaccompanied by their parents, even though only two percent of them were true orphans. Child migration began as a mission of rescue, of poverty stricken children who were cast into the streets of London, England. However, by the 1900's on-wards, most emigrant children came from respectable families bound by strong ties of affection, who had simply fallen on hard times. Most of these children were brought to institutions such as Barnardo's, as a last resort when a crisis, financial or otherwise, prevented the family from coping. Many placements into the institutions were meant to be temporary, just until the crisis was over. But the rescue homes often had quite a different agenda. Carefully controlling and even discouraging further contact between the children and their relatives, most of the parents never saw their children again! Siblings were also often separated from their each other and remained so after being sent to Canada. Most never saw each other again and spent their lives trying to find their parents and siblings but unfortunately, most were unsuccessful.