florence butler
master brummie
Hi all,
Information wanted on Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's 1920's scheme to send men and boys over to Canada to help with the wheat harvest, thereby reducing the dole queue's here.
My uncle went over from Brum on the Duchess of Atholl to work on Coombs farm in Manitoba. Many stayed and made a new life for themselves, but he eventually returned home.
His son, my cousin has always had an ambition to retrace his fathers footsteps and visit the farm (if it still exists), and travel around the area, as a kind of memorial to his Dad.
I've only been able to find minimal reference to this scheme, despite various enquiries and letters. Wonder if any of the records have survived.
Any help would be most appreciated.........Florence
Information wanted on Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's 1920's scheme to send men and boys over to Canada to help with the wheat harvest, thereby reducing the dole queue's here.
My uncle went over from Brum on the Duchess of Atholl to work on Coombs farm in Manitoba. Many stayed and made a new life for themselves, but he eventually returned home.
His son, my cousin has always had an ambition to retrace his fathers footsteps and visit the farm (if it still exists), and travel around the area, as a kind of memorial to his Dad.
I've only been able to find minimal reference to this scheme, despite various enquiries and letters. Wonder if any of the records have survived.
Any help would be most appreciated.........Florence