tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post5880373612461358945..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Oranges and Sunshine: Child migration was never a secretJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-26262049850160004742011-04-04T22:20:32.997+01:002011-04-04T22:20:32.997+01:00Lost Children of the Empire was written by Joy Mel...Lost Children of the Empire was written by Joy Melville and Philip Bean ( a former Trustee of the Child Migrants Trust)to provide further context for a documentary which featured Margaret Humphreys and her work. This book, in turn, inspired the Leaving of Liverpool TV series.So obviously Margaret Humphreys was well aware of this book and Wagner's book - the clue is in the titles of the two books.<br />Wagner did not focus on the postwar period or suggest that thousands needed a service to find their families. That's the vital difference.Of course, it wasn't a secret - it was an obscure piece of social history.But your remarks and those of Ms Greer - who should know better - are really quite misleading and not helpful in understanding these complex issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-46740386010097058852011-04-02T12:25:50.748+01:002011-04-02T12:25:50.748+01:00I can't speak for UK based reports, but as an ...I can't speak for UK based reports, but as an Australian I can say that many ordinary people in that country had no idea this had happened, or how many of the children were treated, until this book and then the show "The Leaving of Liverpool" appeared. It may not have been secret to the authorities, as Humphreys suggests, but I don't think there is any harm in reminding people it happened and informing younger people of this history. In fact, the victims of this system and their descendents probably think it very important that ordinary people are reminded of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com