RootsChat.Com

I was very interested to read the accounts and info on this thread. I was born at Doriscourt Nursing Home, Whalley Range in April 1961. My birth mother was pregnant as the result of an extra marital affair. Her husband was prepared to forgive her and the keep the family together (they already had a daughter) on condition that she gave the baby up for adoption. They went to Marriage Guidance and were referred to the Manchester and District Child Adoption Society in November 1960. I don’t know how long my birth mother was confined at Doriscourt but at 9 days of age I went to stay with a lady in Bramhall, for payment, foster mother? I was there for three weeks when I was transferred to my adoptive parents. They had already adopted three babies through the Adoption Society and had expressed a desire for a fourth (girl) baby so had been waiting for a suitable candidate! It appears from my records that it was all quite well organised through the appropriate channels. I contacted my birth mother through a post-adoption agency 15 or so years ago but sadly she didn’t want to know. She was still with her husband so probably not the easiest situation.  Any comments welcome!