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LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 31 May 2021 19:35

I was stopped at traffic lights and watched half a dozen people walk into a shop with no masks :-|

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 31 May 2021 19:36

Trust you Belle..it was very good :-D :-D

Just catching up on news.....predicting a new variant...a cross between the Kent and India..you couldn’t make it up :-0 :-0

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 31 May 2021 19:37

Indigenous children...on a school site :-0 :-0

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 31 May 2021 19:37

Yes, I saw that Ann...tragic <3

I have to say I hadn't read anything about before.....awful :-(

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 31 May 2021 19:38

Wonder where Pat is :-0 :-0

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 31 May 2021 19:39

Similar to when orphans were sent from the UK to Canada & Australia about the same time too :-|

Fly

Fly Report 31 May 2021 19:39

She will be on a tour somewhere :-0

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 31 May 2021 19:40

Although I think with the Canadian issue they weren't orphans :-|

Fly

Fly Report 31 May 2021 19:41

Sad :-(

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 31 May 2021 19:43

Belle...read a few books about that.....and they were not all orphans! :-(

There is a couple of films.....The Leaving of Liverpool and Oranges and Sunshine...not sure but I think the latter was about the Social Worker Margaret Williams who opened a can of worms :-(

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 31 May 2021 19:45

They sent them to South Africa as well Belle :-(

Some of the children were as young as 3....some children were told their parents had died.

Some parents did not know their children had left the country :-(

Fly

Fly Report 31 May 2021 19:45

Not sure I could read a book like that Ann :-(

Von

Von Report 31 May 2021 19:46

Evening all :-D <3

Fly

Fly Report 31 May 2021 19:47

Evening Von :-D <3

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 31 May 2021 19:47

Can you imagine the uproar if that was to happen today and rightfully so :-|

I think it was the Catholic church that was involved with the Canadian problem :-|

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 31 May 2021 19:48

Evening Von <3 :-D

Have you had a good day :-D

Von

Von Report 31 May 2021 19:50

Been in the garden for most of it Belle. It was really hot.

Nice to sit out though :-D :-D

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 31 May 2021 19:51

Not just the Catholic Church...lots of private institutions....Barnardo’s etc.

After promising the consenting families..they would be fostered in to good homes much better than the poverty ridden areas/children’s homes they were living in the UK. They put a vast majority straight in to institutions and worked some of them very hard till they were old enough to leave.

Fly

Fly Report 31 May 2021 19:52

Not been sat in the greenhouse then Von ;-)

Von

Von Report 31 May 2021 19:52

Still 23 degrees outside :-0 :-0