marriages like this one were the cornerstone of respectability. to have a baby outside of wedlock would be breaking one of the most potent taboos. till death us do part. but what if you did become pregnant before you married? i was really, really scared, and ijust blotted i was working at the holiday camp in bognor, i was going out with one of the redcoats, we became intermittent i got pregnant. became intermittent i got pregnant- became intermittent i got reunant. ., .. ,, .,, pregnant. veronica smith was unmarried- my mother didn t tell my father because she said it would kill him. so he never knew? no. ever? never. it was regarded as so shameful that veronica was secretly sent to a mother and baby home in another part of london. she and her mother had to create a story to explain her disappearance to her father. i used to meet my mother at wimbledon station, and she would come with paper and an envelope, and we d concoct this letter that i was working away from home in
it happened not long ago and the pain has followed those involved down through history. i lost the only thing in my life that i ever wanted. i loved her so much. i still love her. i m her mum! it was to be a secret. it was.it was not to be discussed. was actually taken from my arms without telling me what was happening. i canjust remember lying there, thinking it d be better to die. a historical injustice - is what happened to us. other countries have recognised it and it s high time ours did. - bells toll. 60 years ago, british society was very different. the bride s name is stella, she s 19, lives in barnet. marriage was the cornerstone of family respectability. 20% took place in a registry office. to have a baby outside wedlock would risk breaking the most potent of social taboos. till death us do part. but what if you did become pregnant without a husband? the scene is a big gay. holiday camp at butlins. i was working at the holiday camp in bognor. i was going out with on
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over pay and working conditions. now on bbc news, duncan kennedy reports on the story of historical forced adoptions and the mothers search for a justice this is the story about loss. of lives changed, love fractured. it happened not long ago and the pain has followed those involved down through history. i lost the only thing in my life that i ever wanted. i loved her so much. i still love her. i m her mum! it was to be a secret. it was.it was not to be discussed. l it was actually taken from my arms without telling me what was happening. i canjust remember lying there, thinking it d be better to die. a historical injustice - is what happened to us. other countries have recognised it - and it s high time ours did. bells toll 60 years ago, british society was very different. the bride s name is stella, she s 19, lives in barnet. marriage was the cornerstone of family respectability. it took place in a registry office. to have a baby outside wedlock would risk breaking the mos
from my arms without telling me what was happening. i canjust remember lying there, thinking it d be better to die. a historical injustice - is what happened to us. other countries have recognised it - and it s high time ours did. bells toll 60 years ago, british society was very different. the bride s name is stella, she s 19, lives in barnet. marriage was the cornerstone of family respectability. 20% took place in a registry office. to have a baby outside wedlock would risk breaking the most potent of social taboos. till death us do part. but what if you did become pregnant without a husband? the scene is a big gay. holiday camp at butlins. i was working at the holiday camp in bognor. i was going out with one of the redcoats. we became intimate and.| got pregnant. veronica smith was unmarried. my mother didn t tell my father because she said it would kill him. so he never knew? no. ever? never. so shameful was it that veronica was sent in secret to a mother and baby home, a