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YOUR RESPONSE

Patricia Hall - June '08
Dear Bobby,

I think you knew my Grandfather James Feely and my Grasndmother Aggie Feeley and also my mother (Netty) Annette and my Aunty Nuala. They lived on Moss Rd. My mother wantd to say hello and God Bless You.

Emma Pinkerton - Jun'08
Hi there,
Please contact me if you live in Millisle and have some knowledge about the farm, as I am doing some research on the farm and would like to come and visit next week

Many Thanks

Sam - March '08

It was very sad to hear of the news of Bobbie's death. I'm still shocked at this, he was a great friend and will be sorely missed. God bless Bobbie Hackworth your forever in my thoughts.

Robert Friedman - February '08
My Dad, who is alive and well and lives in NY city found refuge after World War II on the farm in Millisle along with several orphans in NY.I made a film about my Dad, Alex Friedman, which mentions Millisle and my father's friendship with MP Harold McCusker whom he "accidentally" met on St. Patrick's Day in the 1980s.Film website: http://www.geocities.com/moreprecious2004/Article about my Dad and Harold: http://www.geocities.com/moreprecious2004/Irish-MP-Article-Belfast-Telegraph-1982.htmlRobert Friedman
New York

Alice!! - May '07
Thanks alot for the help this gave me for a school project, I read the book 'Faraway Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ' and I'd be very pleased if anyone had anything to tell me that might come in handy!

Valerie Myles (nee McMullan) - May '07
We had a holiday house in Gormans Lane just across the field from the farm (1948/1950). I remember the farm but cant remember any of the children. However I can remember an elderly Jewish man and wife lived next door to us (3rd house in from Gormans Lane)

Annie Forrester Barker - Apr '07
Greetings to all:
I have been researching Jewish immigration into both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland during this period and have collected quite a bit of information. I would really appreciate any responses from anyone who might be interested in helping to set up a network for the former refugees. If possible I would really enjoy hearing from Ms. Taylor and Ms. Hughs. Thanks again to Bobbby Hackworth for all of his help.
Sincerely,
Annie Forrester Barker
anya dot fb at gmail dot com
barkeran at msu dot edu

John Henry Johnson - Apr '07
Hi bobby. i remember it well. and the old school,and mr palmer ialso remember the the refugee farm
and of course your self. gordon and myself henry thought the world of you What about the old black hut
just a few mem,s
love you mate
john johnson
ps hope to hear from you soon

Dennis Coppel - Mar '07
I would like to obtain a copy of this book by Marilyn Taylor Faraway Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

Norm Roberts - Jan '07

obby. Just came across your website while browsing round the web. Did you once go to Andy Munce's school in Donagadee by any chance? We might have been old school mates. Norsh Roberts.
You once had six fingers?

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Marie Hughes - Nov '06
I am very interested in the efforts to rescue jewish children during the war. Does anyone know about children who were rescued from German transport trucks in Belgium?

My parents were involved in this undercover activity, We lived in Dublin and many children stayed at our house enroute to Canada. It was a very secret activity and we were sworn to silence being that the Free State was neutral. I can fill in a lot of information on this but nobody seems to know about it.

Leanne & Elizabeth - Dec '06
hi i found this imformation very useful for my school project !

Jack - Dec '05
This is very helpfull for my school project, thanks alot!!

David Symes - December '04
My mother (Rita Symes, nee Miller) grew up in Dublin - a descendent of Lithuanian Jews from Navaran.

Among her photographs I found two of young men who wished my Mother well for the future . These were dated March 1947 and mention Millisle and Millisle Farm. One of the men signed as Chaim the other ( less clear) looks like Norman.

Marylin Taylor - April '04
I was fascinated to see the article on Bobbie Hackworth & Millisle Farm. In 1999 I researched and published a book for young readers (9-13) called Faraway Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ - the heading you use on this page must have come from the title! It was launched in Belfast Central Library in November 1999 by Lord (Alf) Dubs, then a N.I. Government Minister & a former Jewish child refugee from Nazism. There was quite a bit of publicity at the time in N.I. and a few months later I participated in the 'your place and mine' series, along with Bobbie - who gave me great help with the book, as did many of the former Jewish child refugees who arrived there on Kindertransports in 1938-9.

Anyone interested in the story of the children on the Farm (which was not widely known, even in County Down) might like to read the book (Faraway Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ by Marilyn Taylor, pub. O'Brien Press), which although written as a fiction book, is based very closely on fact. It follows the true story of a brother & sister who escaped from Vienna after the Anschluss & eventually found a haven on the Farm. I did considerable research and visited the farm, & also local libraries etc. At the end of the book there is an Afterword giving the factual background to the story, including the Belfast Blitz, which forms the climax of the story. The book is used in schools both in the North & in the Republic, and won several awards including Bisto Childrens Book of the Year, Blue Peter Award, & American Library Association award. In the writing of it I became & have remained warmly interested in Northern Ireland, its history, and in the beautiful Ards Peninsular.

I would be interested to hear from anyone involved in the farm, or who has read or is interested in the book.

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