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Information on a Polish children's home near Edinburgh, WW2 timeframe


markderby  
26 Aug 2014 /  #1
I'm a historian in Wellington, NZ, working on a biography of a NZ nurse, Dorothy Aroha Morris, for publication next year in a series edited by Prof. Paul Preston of the London School of Economics.

I have recently learned that in 1943-44 Ms Morris worked as supervisor of a home for Polish children, based in a "handsome manor house near Edinburgh. It is possible that this was a Quaker-funded institution since she had worked previously for the Quakers in the Spanish Civil War and in France. She gives her employer's name as "Mrs Crayshaw - this is apparently the name of a wealthy Quaker family.

Any further information on the children's home would be greatly appreciated.

Mark Derby
Trevek  25 | 1699  
23 Dec 2014 /  #2
Try a facebook site called "Scots in Poland: Poles in Scotland" It's a closed group so let me know if you need an introduction.

Also: facebook.com/ScotlandPoland?fref=ts

facebook.com/groups/482005898518323/?fref=ts

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