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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Oral History with Harold Warneford Vennell |
| Date | 14 Jun 2007 |
| Document Type | Oral History (Audio) |
| Name | Warneford Vennell, Harold |
| Interviewer | Vennell, Shirley |
| Date of Recording | 14 Jun 2007 |
| Duration | 00:13:01 |
| Reference | 07.06.14HV |
| Library / Archive | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 |
| Description | Harold Warneford Vennell arrived from England as a British Home Child in 1932. He describes his experiences as a Barnardos child migrant to Canada and explains that none of the children were told where they were going, describes the journey over in the lower decks of a ship which had just been used to transport cattle and talks about the hardship of working on a farm. |
| Theme(s) | Journey Conditions; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | Canada |
| Places | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Ports | Liverpool, England; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Nationality | English |
| Keywords | child migration, Barnardos, railway, third class, shipping, animals, farming, forced migration |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 |