Mother And Baby Homes 1960s London. Sometimes requiring a much longer stay at the Mother and Baby Home or visiting numerous adoption agencies. The ones at 1-2 Church Row Limehouse and at 654 Rotherhithe Street were for girls who had been leading an irregular life or who had turned to drink.
According to a 1968 study on Mother and Baby Homes the greater part of the homes were run by the Church of England 58 followed by Roman Catholic 116 the Salvation Army 53 the Methodist Church 35 as well as other church and religious organizations 76. To understand how the mid-1960s came to become the peak period for adoption in the UK as well as other countries and the stigma that drove this apex of adoption we must first understand a bit of the history affecting attitudes. MOTHER BABY.
National childrens home Highbury park London.
At the height of the 1960s more than 16000 British babies were adopted many against the will of their birth mothers. At 40 my mother was young for her age and knew little of the facts of life after a very religious upbringing in south-east London with a Baptist foster family. Mother and Baby Homes and Hostels Summary from - Where to Find Adoption Records Compiled by Georgina Stafford for BAAF 1993 ENGLAND Run or Used by Entries Association of Infant Welfare Albany Institute Barnardos Bath Vigilance Association Belgrave Ladies Association British Lying Hospital By committee Cecily Northcote Trust Childrens Aid Society Childrens Society Church Adoption. The ones at 1-2 Church Row Limehouse and at 654 Rotherhithe Street were for girls who had been leading an irregular life or who had turned to drink.