We have just had reply from Barnardo's saying they have no record for my father James Barr in their home, he always maintained he did not know his mother and father and no names for them, only he remembered going on a train with two men and a woman and being taken somewhere, whether this was to Barnardos or to the farm in Inverness he cannot recall which one, but always insisted he was from Barnardos in Glasgow, which according to his birth certificate he definately was born there. Barnardos have recommended we try Quarriers. We do know he was fostered with other boys to work the farm in Inverness for their keep, the owner of the farm was a single woman the boys called Auntie, she took good care of the boys as he said they were all clothed, shod and feed well, and attended school where he saw other children bare footed and in rags, but the foster boys were cared for although he said Auntie never shown any love towards the boys just the youngest one also called Jimmy, my father kept in touch with one of the boys who later married and moved to Edinburgh and I remember meeting visiting at my parents house, he now is deceased but my sister is trying to contact his wife (who is elderly). Its all becoming bit of a mystery how his father vanished, and now I do not know what happened to my father after his birth until his the only record is joining the RAF, which I have his national identity card for. regards Phil
