Viennese girls with Elizabeth and George Cadbury in the garden of their home

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Date:1921

Description:On 29 October 1920 18 girls from Vienna arrived in Bournville where they lived with local families for a year. They were all between 8 and 12 years of age and lived in Bournville until 2 September 1921 when they returned home to Vienna. Here we see the girls with George and Elizabeth Cadbury who contributed 15 shillings a week for the maintenance of each child.

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Archives & Heritage

Donor ref:BA&H: MS 466/8/53 (110/2489)

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