Recent content by Mark A W

Thanks Kizzykat. October 1971. There's a couple of earlier posts I made about 9 months ago despite me showing as a "New Member"! Edit: ignore that last bit - I've now been changed to a Brummie Babby :-)

Hi all, Interesting to read that some mums were able to leave the Grange with their baby. I had always assumed that I would have been taken away from my birth mum at the home. But, last week I finally got my original birth certificate which showed that my birth was registered by my mum herself...

Hi. Here's my attempt with a free phone app called Colorize.

Thanks to both Kim and Nico for responding to my previous post and the kind words. My BM was 16 when she had me and the papers I have state that she and her mum decided together that "adoption was in his best interest". How much was her choice I'll never know - it might be very similar to Kim's...

Hello, So interesting to read all the stories from both the ladies that had children here and of people born here. I was born in The Grange in October 1971 to a 16yo mother. I'm not sure how long I/we were there but I was passed on to a foster mother in Nov 71, and ultimately adopted in Jan 72...