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Forward to the Past
May 22, 2020
We Have Our Lives
May 22, 2020

Bristol’s Pauper Children

£12.00

A little-known chapter from Bristol’s past has been brought to life in this book which explores the plight of the city’s Victorian vagrant children.

Author: Shirley Hodgson
Paperback, 256 pages
Published: 2017

SKU: BST-L44 Category: Books
Description

An estimated 60,000 Canadians are believed to be descended from more than 1,500 orphaned, destitute and abandoned children who were sent to Canada in the belief they would have a better life.

The Bristol children were among about 100,000 child immigrants sent across the Atlantic between 1869 and 1939 from all over the UK; it is estimated that 12% of present-day Canadians are descended from these “British Home Children”.

The trials and tribulations faced by these poverty-stricken children is uncovered in this revealing book.

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