'I have suffered all my life': survivors tell of abuse at Shirley Oaks children's home

Four siblings from one family describe their experiences while in care in south London

• Over £46m paid to survivors of abuse at Lambeth children’s homes

Several members of the Donnelly family spent time in the Shirley Oaks children’s home in Croydon, where people have described suffering sexual, physical and racial abuse. Here, four of them – brothers and sisters – describe what happened to them. They are appealing for information about their mother, Dilys, who disappeared in 1986.

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3i1hk51