British Home Children - 1890

[KarenM]

Hi Mick,

I was talking with Migky this morning and he too was told that it would 50 GBP for the records.  Migky then phoned the place and talked to them directly and they gave him a price and said it would be 25GBP max, so maybe you could call them and see what they say?

Karen

[M.T.H]

Thanks Karen 

It looks like a phone call is the way forward then?

I have another email to them in the pipeline and if I don't get any joy from that they will be getting a call.... 

I should have calmed down enough by then!!

Cheers,

Mick

[M.T.H]

Hi folks,

I've had another reply from the CCRS, it's has left me more gobsmacked than the first!!

I doubt that a telephone call is going to make any difference now.....I would have been happy to make a donation but this is a bit much!

Quote: We are a charity and rely heavily on the donations we receive to enable us to do the work we do.  The fees we charge are only a small contribution towards the actual cost involved in terms of time spent by paid staff in the careful checking and collating of records, be they adoption, fostering, residential or emigration records.  Obviously the fee would also apply if someone were to visit us in person, though we would keep it at £50 despite the extra time involved.

They wouldn't even tell me where the boys were placed!!

Charity my a***!!

Mick

[liverpool annie]

Oh my Friend ..... that is such a disappointment after all that !! 

I can't believe they would say 50 quid is a donation !! ......... but I suppose I've been away from the country too long !!

But as they say .... there's more than one way to skin a cat ! ..... we'll do it somehow .... I know how much it means to you and your MUM !!

Relax ... take it easy .... don't stress over it  OK??

Annie 

[J.J.]

here's my answer to that...having been a volunteer for a good deal of my life...which has stopped recently due an accumulation of similar circumstances, actually...

I question...what on this God's earth is someone doing getting paid at a place of charity, anyway...
 (Is there a smiley spitting on the ground to add in here...?)
I could go on,  ( & on & on & on) but I think we all know where this is going...

Cyber hugs...J.J.

[M.T.H]

Thanks guys!

To think that they must have already seen and read the documents and that they are prepared to offer me nothing more than "We hold some detailed records on these boys etc etc" is a bit uncharitable imho.

Anyways,rant over.

Hugs reciprocated, feeling calmer......

Mick

[KarenM]

The thing that gets my goat is all these children that were sent here and were treated poorly, where they "bleep" were they then with their charity work??

Karen

[M.T.H]

The thing that gets my goat is all these children that were sent here and were treated poorly, where they "bleep" were they then with their charity work??

Karen

Hi Karen,

I'm reading the book Empty Cradles by Margaret Humphreys, it sure goes some way to answering that question!!

It's an incredibly sad and distressing read........

Mick