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    From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Aug 27 13:00:25 2025

    In 1940 London, under nightly German bombardment, children are freighted
    to safer regions, often against their will. BLITZ (Apple) is historical fiction from black writer-director Steve McQueen. Though I accept his faithful depiction of the time, I found his story only mildly engaging. Somewhat recommended.


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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Sep 1 11:29:35 2025
    On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 23:00:25 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:


    In 1940 London, under nightly German bombardment, children are freighted
    to safer regions, often against their will. BLITZ (Apple) is historical >fiction from black writer-director Steve McQueen. Though I accept his >faithful depiction of the time, I found his story only mildly engaging. >Somewhat recommended.

    My aunt was born in October 1940 (in Hull, UK) so was evacuated
    northwards and later adopted out to Canada in the immediate post war
    period. In recent years she has reconnected with her birth family but
    don't know whether her mother was still alive by then. That was the
    case of a lot of UK kids in the 1945-50 era.

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  • From moviePig@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Sep 1 12:40:43 2025
    On 8/31/2025 9:29 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 23:00:25 -0400, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
    wrote:


    In 1940 London, under nightly German bombardment, children are freighted
    to safer regions, often against their will. BLITZ (Apple) is historical
    fiction from black writer-director Steve McQueen. Though I accept his
    faithful depiction of the time, I found his story only mildly engaging.
    Somewhat recommended.

    My aunt was born in October 1940 (in Hull, UK) so was evacuated
    northwards and later adopted out to Canada in the immediate post war
    period. In recent years she has reconnected with her birth family but
    don't know whether her mother was still alive by then. That was the
    case of a lot of UK kids in the 1945-50 era.

    How was she not restored to her birth family after the war (I ask naively)?



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