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| Moor Hill House, Southampton |
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| The house at Moor Hill Westend, near Southampton, which has been accepted by the National Relief Committee for the accommodation of Basque refugee children. |
| Basque children from Moor Hill, West End, Southampton, who were quests at the first of two parties given to 700 children of St. Nicholas Ward by the St. Nicholas Ward Labour Association, at Swaythling Senior School. |
| Material which, in the form of banners made by the art students, draped the exterior walls of the Bournemouth Municipal School of Art in honour of the Coronation, is now being transformed by the girl students into sleeping bags for the Basqhue refugee children. |
| Preparing for young refugees |
From 50 to 70 Basque children are to be found a home in Southampton "for the duration" when the North Stoneham camp is broken up. A meeting of representatives of various organisations and business firms decided at a meeting at the Civic Centre, Southampton, last night, to be responsible for the maintenance of the children, and the Mayor (Alderman H. Chick) who presided, personally undertook to support one... VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCES "These children have come to us not through any fault of theirs, but because they are victims of circumstances," said the Mayor. He added that he had received a telegram from Sir Russell Bencraft, J.P., wishing the meeting success. Mr. L. Witt, who had acted as honorary secretary in making arrangements for the meeting, outlined the plan that had been suggested. He said it was proposed to make Moor Hill House, Westend, which was placed at the disposal of the National Joint Committee by Mr. H. C. Cole, and is at present used as an infirmary, a "permanent" home for from 50 to 70 children. The cost of maintaining a child would be 10s. a week, and it was suggested that staffs of business firms and organisations of different kinds might undertake responsibility for certain numbers of children... Moor Hill House would not be available as a "permanent" home until the middle or end of July. (1937-ed) |
| The text on this page has been taken from articles written in the Southampton "ECHO" in 1937. |
| 50 to 70 to be Found a Home in So'ton |
| Southampton University College students are helping with the work of preparing Moor Hill, West End, which will be occupied by Basque children refugees. |
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| University students spent several days scrubbing and distempering Moor Hill, Westend, a house which Mr. H. C. Cole placed at the service of the committee. Heavy woollen bunting used in the decoration of Bond Street is being made into blankets for the children... The Lord Mayor of London is being asked to start a national fund for the work of looking after these children for the duration of the war. When the Habana arrives at Southampton, the B.B.C. will have a special van at the Docks to broadcast a running commentary. Mr. W. H. Sams is director of the camp, and Mrs. K. C. Harrod, of Godshill, will be in charge of the house. |
| Ma Luisa, Eloisa, Pilar, Angelita, Ma Angeles, Felicidad, Avelina, Laura, Ofelia, Lucia, Joaquina, Purita, Milagros, Serafin, Jesus, Felix, Luis, Pablo, Jose, Aguedita, Manolo, Consuelo, Jose Luis, Purificacion, Pilar Pena, Araceli, Norberto, Sra. Eulalia, Sra. Rita, Miss Lewis, Srta. Carmen, Sta. Camino, Rodrigo, Mariano, Jose, Manolito, Paquito, Herminio, Alfronso, Javier, Pedro Mari, Ana Mari, Javiet Lete, Pelse, Amhare. We have the above names but we need to place them correctly. If you can help us, please tell us. |
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| Getting ready for Basque children |
Every one of the 200 people who attened a meeting called by the local representatives of the National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief and held at the Civic Centre, Southampton, last evening, came with offers of help in connection with the accommodation, feeding and clothing of the 4,000 Basque refugee children expected at Southampton next week. The meeting, called at short notice, was marked by sympathy and enthusiasm, and the conveners remarked upon Southampton's magnificent response during the last two days. Alderman F. Woolley, J.P., who presided, said that the town and district had been given an opportunity of taking part in a work of mercy such as seldom presented itself. The majority of the children who were coming to the town were orphans, and he was certain that their distress would stir into activity every generous-hearted person in the district... The Archbishop of Westminster had promised to be responsible for 1,000 of the children and homes for another 400 had been offered by the Salvation Army, and it was possible that the house at Westend might become a "permanent" home for some of the children... |
| Mr Brinton appealed for volunteers to scub out the house, and at the end of the meeting the organiser responsible was inundated with offers, 30 coming from women students of University College. |
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