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In the pouring rain, the first group of children then moved into the reception camp, at Stoneham, Eastleigh - their new temporary home. The primary purpose of the camp was to allow enough time for the English formed Basque Children's Committee to make arrangements for their transportation to the designated "colonies" around the country.
Mr G H Brown, a local farmer, had allocated several acres of his farm at Stoneham to create the tented village, and the local community had completed the task in the space of just three weeks. 
A welcome site for the terrified children
© Manuel Moreno - Basque Children of '37 Association |
Despite not being initially told of the mammoth project, the Eastleigh Sanitary Department pulled out the stops and set up full connections for the camp sanitation, and local unions pooled tradesmen's resources to ensure the infrastructure for the site's amenities was all in place.
The Southampton area was positively alive with offers of help. The local Scouts, Guides, Boys Brigade and people from the YMCA, Salvation Army and Quakers were all on hand to help settle in the youngsters to their 400 tents.
The word went out that the children were in need of food and clothes supplies.
School children regularly collected eggs and the local branch of the Co-op donated both food and clothes. A thousand people gathered in the Southampton Guild Hall two nights before the children arrived and pledged their help and money.
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