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Hi
I don't know about the '50's, but I was adopted in 1964 and my birth mum was in a home for 6 weeks looking after me.
She was only allowed to feed and change me (no cuddles) and had to scrub floors etc.Women were not allowed to take photos of there babies, an the atmosphere was punitive.
Many mums in these homes wanted to keep thier babies but there was a stigma to being an unmarried mother.
Jude
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