'The secrets of the Lost Children of Britain may never have been revealed if it had not been for Margaret Humphreys'
Lost Children of the Empire & The Leaving of Liverpool
The Child Migrants Trust's first book, 'Lost Children of the Empire', written by Philip Bean and Joy Melville, was published in 1989.
This is a useful guide to the mixed motives behind child migration – 'this inhuman chapter in British history'. It provides moving accounts of the lives of former child migrants in different countries and includes many photographs and vivid oral history.
'Lost Children of the Empire' takes its name from the television documentary, screened in Britain, Australia and other major centres of child migration. This, in turn, inspired the award-winning ABC/BBC television mini-series 'The Leaving of Liverpool'. This can be watched here (note, this is only suitable for audiences aged 15 and above).
The book is now out of print but is still available from libraries, or second-hand copies can sometimes be found online.
