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Thu 07/02/02 

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Thank you Brian. I hope to make good use of your site.

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Mon 18/02/02 21:34

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Brian,

A Calvinist, football fan with a sense of humour! What more can a man ask for? Enjoyed your site, may it be blessed to many and I will encourage those who read my site to take a look.

Your brother in Christ

Iain

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Tue 26/02/02 22:52

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hi brian i wonder if you remember me and my sister naomi & ruth ali i saw an advert in YOURS magazine and contacted john griffiths re th reeunion on june 15 he sent me back copies of the fch assoc newsletters one of which included your website address the memories come flooding back on reading or should i say browsing your site

i am hoping to attend the reunion. hope to hear from you

regards naomi hull nee Ali

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Sat 23/03/02 23:53

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Brian. I have finally got round to viewing your website. I read every word and did a closeup of all the photos. It has left me with many questions, most of which I would love to discuss with you some time soon.

You have a beautiful family. The life you had would have left many people bitter, but you seem to have overcome it and rejoice in what you now have.

God Bless you and your family.

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Sat 13/04/02 14:46

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Brian, Hi remember me? Well, I'm just writing to say last week i met my birth motherand all went well. I am just waiting to meet the rest of the family now. Hoorah for happy endings!!

allthe best

Phil

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Sat 04/05/02 23:01

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Brilliant Website - and an interesting story about your life.

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Sat 08/06/02 08:15

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Hi Brian:

Just checked your web site out again. Always enjoy the reading.I was at fazakerley 1943-1952 so some of your memories remind me of mine.

I am up at 3 am in the morning watching the world soccer. What a great game England and Argentina.

USA is hanging in there also.

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Fri 14/06/02 23:35

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I came across your website by accident a couple of weeks ag and was very disturbed by what I read and cannot believe that today I saw on the History Channel the programme called 'Brown Babies' and remembered your name very clearly. I have been truly moved by your story. I am also a Liverpudlian and did not realise what was happening in my city so close to me. I was born in 1955 to a working class family but had a very happy childhood surrounded by a large family who had lots of love and affection that surrounded me at all times. If only I had known that there were other children so near to me that needed to be loved and nurtured I am sure that I would have been able to do something to help. How I wish we could have helped is some way. Far better to be surounded by love than money - which was the case when children were put up for fostering. Unfortunaltely it would seem that foster parents were chosen from the midddle classes rather than the working class. I have been so touched by your story and the T.V. programme I saw today that I feel I need to help in some way - an ear to listen to, a shoulder to cry on or helping to find someones roots. Even now after all these years since your story began I feel so affected and deeply touched by your story.

I don't expect a reply but if you feel that I can help in any way please contact me.

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Tue 02/07/02 16:48

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This is the man who drove me to Scotland in his Morris Minor so that I could get married....and I still love him like a brother!

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Tue 02/07/02 19:41

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Thank you for another chapter in our contact and friendship, which goes back a few years now. I just finished printing a copy for some friends who do not have e-mail. Also, have loaned your video cassette to many who find your message and story so interesting and powerful.

I value the day that you contacted me and our correspondence started.

Rex Whitehead

Utah, USA

Kind regards to you and your family.

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Sat 06/07/02 14:1

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You have a very interesting web page. I used to live in Northcote Road Liverpool and attended Northcote rd school. There were a lot of kids from the cottage homes also attending the school. I was there in the fifties and then moved on to Arnot st Secondary Modern. Some of the kids I knew were Alex Tees, James Howard (with a great singing voice), Brian Galagher. Alowah Yahah (badly treated by one certain teacher). I'm 58 yo now and have often wondered how they what happened to them. Maybe we have met in the past.

Regards,

Brian Baxter.

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Fri 12/07/02 15:19

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Having been brought up in a poor part of Liverpool, I'm far from a Conservative but it makes a refreshing change these days to hear someone saying something relatively positive about been brought up by the "state". Family life is, of course, important to children but that is never perfect as we all regret things we, as parents, do to our children. At least you never suffered material deprivation (I can remember regularly going to my nan's to borrow money to go to the chippy for tea). Your piece about punishment reminded me of the theory of my wife, who is a primary teacher, that the kids you shout at the most (which is the closet thing to corporal punishment in schools these days) are those who love you most as they feel you care. Best wishes.

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Wed 14/08/02 18:57

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Dear Brian, ( Little Brother), I spent an hour reading all about your life. It was very informative, and moving. I can't imagine what growing up without a family was like. There were times as a child I wished I had been an only child.(smile) Being the oldest of six was nerve racking at times, but had (I) we known about you....(I)we would have hounded our Dad to bring you to live with us.

I remember my Mom calling to tell me about you and then a few hours later talking to you.....It was hard to believe that I was in my 50's and just then hearing about you....It's even more shocking to learn how long you had searched for us. THANK YOU! for not giving up! We could have gone thru the rest of our lives never realizing WE were lost, that there was an important part of our family looking for us. Dad never mentioned you to any of us, not even our Mom. Aunt Bet said he mentioned having a child when he came home from the war....but she did not pay much attention and he never mentioned it again.

I wish you two had met....You would have enjoyed him. He was a real character!

I welcome you with Love! We live thousands of miles apart but you are in my heart and prayers! Meeting you was a delightful experience. I look forward to seeing you again next year. Until then, keep well, Love to all.

Your big sister,

Irita

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Fri 13/09/02 01:21

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Would it be possible for you to give Dad a hard copy? I am sure that he would find it very interesting and appreciate reading it. Are you planning on attending October 19th? I would love to attend but am unable.

May the Lord bless you and your family.

Grace

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Sat 26/10/02 01:50

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what a beautiful website. I cried so much.

love you

your sister

Teresa

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Thu 05/12/02 05:54

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My brother John & I were in the Cottage Homes about 1950. Interesting site which brought back a lot of memories and solved some of the questions I've had in my mind for the last 50 or so years.

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Wed 18/12/02 23:03

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What a wonderfull site....i have been looking up the cottages for my nan who is 91 and who was put in there when she was about 9. We are currently trying to find out what happened to her parents....if anyone could help , we would appreciate it, kind regards Yvonne.

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Sun 08/12/02 18:30

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Hi Brian read your story about 6 months ago. Great story. Revisited it today. Thought I'd contact you. I'm doing research into the UK global Lawrenson clan in the hope that it might help me better understand my own family. My family comes from the liverpool/Halewood area of Lancs. although I was born in Huddersfield.

I have created a database of over 3600 Lawrensons including most of the 1881 and 1901 Census data plus lots of LDS information.

Would you be interested to assist me with this project? I dont quite know how but you might have some ideas as you've already been involved in the family search field.

I have been in touch with two other Brians, one with a wife called Hazel. He is doing some family research in Preston and another that has links in Sth Shileds.

Regards Brian Lawrenson

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Wed 01/01/03 18:05

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Brian,

Your web site is wonderful. It was pleasing to see the pictures of you and your new family. It still amazes us how the events unfolded. It was very nice to hear from you and your family. Your children and grandchildren should be very proud of you and Glenis.

We hope all goes well in your endevour to become a US citizen.

Hope you and your family have a 'Wonderful and Happy 2003.'

With lots of love,

Travis and Johanna

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Wed 15/01/03 16:27

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Thank you for providing me with some information on my grandfather, I am out of contact with my father and find it difficult to gain any information on him whatsoever. Your web site is like looking back into a past I have been trying to find...Thank you

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Thu 16/01/03 21:53

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I was at the cottage homes in the early 1950's. I have just come across your web site, would like to know when the next reunion will be held. Hope you can help me with this.

Yours In Christ,

Dave Allen

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Tue 04/02/03 13:24

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Hi Brian

I just happened to find your website by chance and thought it was very moving and a fascinating story. I found it whilst searching for information on the BICC because alot of my family worked there but at the Melling site mainly. I also used to live not far from the Cottage Homes in Fazakerley, I lived in Wango Lane in Aintree and reading you story made me realise how fortunate I was as a child.

I am so glad things worked out for you in the end and the very best of luck.

Lynne Smith xx

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Sat 08/02/03 18:48

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Thank you for your web site. It brought back many memories of my childhood at the Cottage Homes. I was placed there in 1956 when St Edward Orphanage closed. I remember Ken Greatorex very well and I was his dog boy during my stay there. The dogs name was Dinni and he was a great football goaly the, dog I mean. Dinni used to grab hold of your foot, he would let you into the room, but he would not let you out!

I believe Social Services have a lot to answer for,as they kept no records of my mother or father and to this day I do not know anything of my parents.

I too, was fostered for for a short while. The foster parents told me I was their son and showed me photgraphs supposedly of me as a baby, obviously, this was untrue and then shortly afterwards, placed me back in care.

You were right when you said it was the money that motivated them.

The photos are great

Do you remember any of the boys names or the names of the other House mothers? My housemother was a Salvation Army Captain, I cannot recall her name.

I would be interested to know if there is to be a reunion in 2003 as I would like to attend.

I was in lodgings and Ken Greatrex was homeless, having resigned from Liverpool Social Services, because of their policies, and he shared lodgings with me. Do you know what happened to him at all?

Once again thank you for bringing back so many happy memories

David O'Callaghan

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An absolutely fantastic website.

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

My dad was at the Fazakerley Cottage Homes during the 2nd world, his mother died whilst his father was away at war and no family could take him in. He was there with is 3 brothers.

I read with great interest.

Many thanks.

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Sat 15/02/03 00:11

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A wonderful site.

Thank you so much for sharing with us all.

Met your Son tonight at a youth event where he spoke to a group of young people - you must be very proud you have brought up such a wonderful family.

May God bless you and all your family.

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Thu 24/04/03 20:05

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You will never remember me but I was brought up in Prescot Corps and soldiered there until I entered the ITC in 1978. At the moment we are stationed at Shildon corps in the North East of England. My mum is Audrey Krelle. My auntie is Joan and married to Bill Ackerley. The photo of him was a real surprise!!

Your website is extremely interesting. Thank you for the privilege of being able to visit it.

God bless you.

Hilary Naylor.