Living away from Home

Isolation from Family

Feeling Angry

Here Simone talks about the isolation she felt from her family and her community.

No Goodbye

Here David talks about the sadness he felt in not getting to say goodbye to his parents.

Roots

Here Angela describes the impact of the loss of her family relationships.

Forgetting Mum

Here Tara talks about the impact of the loss of her family relationships.

Heartbreaking

Here Ian talks about how painful it was to be away from home.

Black and White

Here Jane compares home life to school life.

Not Coming Home

Here Phillip describes the sadness he felt when he started boarding school.

Mother’s Day

Here Roger describes the impact of the absence of his mother as a child.

Roast Dinner

Here Jamie talks about missing home.

The Middle of Nowhere

Here Sue describes being isolated from the ‘real world’.

126 Miles

Here Haq describes being sent away from his family.

Cut Off

Here Anthea talks about the impact of being away from family.

Lead Soldiers

Here Ronald talks about his memories of leaving home and being institutionalised.

Life away from home

Visits

Here Ronald talks about visits from his dad and being given the news of his mother’s death.

Green Heads

Here Tara describes a treatment after an outbreak of nits in her dormitory.

Starting school

Here Gordon describes leaving his home in India to start school in England.

Have You Been?

Here Angela recalls aspects of dormitory life at school.

Dormitory Friends

Here Tara talks about the need for friendship away from home.

Time in Hospital

Lessons on the Ward

Here Joanne talks about having lessons in hospital.

Interventions

Here Deborah talks about her days on the hospital wing of her residential school.

Maternal Deprivation

Here Richard talks about being in hospital as a young child.

Ice Cream 99

Here Christine talks about her experiences in hospital and the impact on her family relationships.

Normalising

Here Tara describes the medical interventions and examinations she had to endure at school.

Basic Lessons

Here Lynda remembers her time spent in hospital

Mum

Here Ron talks about being told of his mum’s death.

‘Mummy coming’

Here Ron describes traumatic visiting times in hospital as a young child.

Strapped to the Bed

Here John remembers his time in hospital.

Home

Here Ronald talks about his time in hospital as a young child.

Letters Home

Here David describes life on the children’s ward.