The two early pioneers of this were Maria Rye and Annie Macpherson joined sometime after by Dr Barnado, whose homes were responsible for half of the 80,000 children sent to Canada between 18. There were already immigration schemes for adults and their families from the 1850s, and this was extended to children on their own who were living on the street, destitute or in work houses. This becomes a large scale phenomenon from the 1860s when unemployment shot up in the cities. But in fact the practice of actively sending children overseas goes back to 1619 when 100 street children were taken from the city of London to Virginia to supply labour to plantation owners. Most of the publicity around this focused on the wartime migrants when 2,663 children were evacuated overseas. The migration of children to Australia and Canada has been in the news recently when, on February 2010, Gordon Brown made a statement in the Commons apologising for the treatment of former child migrants. But it might come as a surprise to many that there was such a Hostel at all. It is no surprise then that these two gentlemen should be at the opening of this Hostel although one suspects they wouldn’t have had relatives there. There is a full-length portrait of Benno Pearlman in the Guildhall. He was also a Founder Member of De La Pole Lodge and the Thesaurus Lodge, the first Master of the Andrew Marvell Lodge and a Past Master of the Montefiore Lodge. But apparently he claimed that his greatest achievement whilst Lord Mayor was the formation of the Hull Old Grammarians Lodge, as an active Freemason (he was for many years the Chairman of the School Governors). He was an Alderman for many years, often warring with the local Labour controlled authorities. There is a Lord Deramore’s Primary School in Heslington, opened in 1856.īenno Pearlman, a solicitor, had been a Conservative Councillor for some time before becoming Sheriff of Hull in 1922-1923. His mother was a member of the Yarburgh the family who lived at Heslington Hall in York (this was sold with its estate in the early 1960s and the hall is now part of York University). Among the many titles held by Lord Deramore are Honorary Elder Brother of Hull Trinity House, Chairman of the East Riding County Council, Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding, Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Yorkshire Hussars, and Justice of the Peace for the West Riding. The Lord Deramore in the film would be the 3rd Lord Deramore, or 3rd Baron Deramore of Belvior, Robert Wilfred de Yarburgh-Bateson – his younger brother, George Nicholas Bateson, succeeded him as 4th Lord Deramore in 1936. Any contributions of information on the Hostel would be most welcome.īoth Benno Pearlman and Lord Deramore were major figures in the local establishment, and both very active in local politics for many years. At present we do not have a more exact date for the opening of this Hostel, or indeed any records for the Hostel, including where it was situated. Unfortunately no information came with the film, but we can make a rough assessment of the date from the fact that Councillor Benno Pearlman was made Lord Mayor of the City in 1928. It was made by local Beverley filmmakers Debenham and Co, who made many films in Hull over the years – see the Context for Royal Visit to Hull (1941) for more on Debenhams. The film provides a fascinating glimpse into a hidden, and somewhat murky, aspect of British history: the migration of children to British colonies. This film is one of a number of films recently discovered when Hull City Archives transferred to the new Hull History Centre in 2009. Inside the kitchen, the boys queue up at the serving hatch. The Mayor and Lord Deramore gather with the officials outside the hostel. Inside the hostel are rows of beds and bedding around the outside of a large room. Outside the boys are gathered together along with the staff of the hostel. Title - Some of the boys of the Bulldog Breed that will make a name for Good Old England. The parents enter the hostel after the Mayor and Lord Deramore. The Mayor and Lord Deramore open the doors and stand in front of the two rows of boys waiting at the entrance. The Lord Mayor of Hull (Councillor Benno Pearlman) requests Lord Deramore to declare the Hostel open.Ĭhildren are gathered outside the hostel building. Title - Official Opening of Hull & District Boys Migration training Hostel by The Rt. The hostel was opened by the Mayor and Lord Deramore. A film made by Debenham & Co., this film documents the opening of the Hull and District Boys Migration training Hostel.
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