Showing posts with label Highgate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Highgate. Show all posts

Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Birmingham's child emigrants revisited


Annual Report Middlemore Homes
 showing ‘before and after’ photos
The Balsall Heath Local History Society has received £32,100 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project concerning the Children’s Emigration Homes. These were founded by John Middlemore in Highgate in 1873 and are an important aspect of Birmingham’s heritage.