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All I can add to this thread is that my mother lived at 61 Broome Lane during 1956, as indeed did I until I was adopted in September 1956.
I would be interested to know more about this place.
Can anybody suggest where I would go to find out this ifnormation please?
Does anyone remember a Mary Kelleher around the 1956/1957 period of time in Broom Lane. Also, did people just work here or did they have to be pregnant? Thanks
Hello.. the caritas salford does hold records for Broom Lane. I have been instructed they are minimal in their contents. They will trace and mediate for a fee, it 100 pounds 2 years ago. What I have learned from my trace is in the 50-60's residents had to pay to have their phone number listed in the directory. So I would assume many unwed mothers who were residing with people did not list their info. The area did have a large Irish population and so many women came from Ireland to have their children safely. Unless they decided to stay, they probably did not go on the electoral registers that are held at the archives. You could potentially trace on findmypast.co.uk for a name. But in my mother's case, she moved from Dublin to have her birth in Manchester, to then take advantage of the Australian immigration movement and the 10 pom cruise... I was able to trace info my mother had written down on an old visa application. I was very lucky. But I can see she stayed with an Irish couple all the way through her pregnancy and after the birth. There are so many stories.. don't limit your search just to England, from my own personal experience.
Hi aj1308,
Caritas in Salford is the organisation that should hold any records for Broom Lane. They have a website.. http://www.caritassalford.org.uk/ . I don't know if the home employed people other than the Nuns I'm afraid