'Till We Meet Again

This is the story of when William Quarrier bought some land near Bridge of Weir and planned the construction of orphan homes in the 1870s. It features the life of Annie Blue, a former resident in Quarriers Village, before she migrated to Canada.

The film was made by young people who live in Quarriers Village today and was made possible through a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Have a look at some of our heritage photos from Quarriers Village in the 1930s: http://www.flickr.com/photos/quarriers/sets/72157624803381104/

For more information about the children who migrated to Canada from Quarriers take a look at this fascinating online exhibition: http://content.iriss.org.uk/goldenbridge/?q=goldenbridge/

Find out more about the history of Quarriers: http://www.quarriers.org.uk/en/HeritageAndEducation.aspx

You can visit our exhibition which also shows the film at Scotland Street Museum until 1 October 2011.


Quarriers would like to thank:
Red Snappa for directing and filming - http://redsnappa.com/
The young people from 1st Quarriers' Village Scout Group (45th Greenock and District)
The Heritage Lottery Fund for making it all possible.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• quarriers
• quarriers village
• william quarrier
• scottish heritage
• canada
• child migration
• annie blue
• orphans

[anne123480]

the Village is still going strong today but the school closed in the mid 80s not shure what year it was before i was born but i heard about the school

[anne123480]

my family worked in Quarriers over the years and still do Charity work today and i raise money for them

[oneofhis2forever]

Thank you for an excellent documentary, which very much resembled my own grandmother's story. She too was orphaned, and placed at Quarriers in 1910, along with her 1/2 sister and brother. Bless William Quarrier and his quest to fulfill the Biblical mandate "... to look after orphans and widows in their distress..." (James 1:27). William Quarrier showed all of those children the love of Christ, by establishing "cottage homes" in the countryside, and providing a Christ-centered life.