[Robin Harritt]

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My solicitor is retiring from case practise, this month.

Recently I got one of those cards from the postman through the door to say there's a big parcel they tried to deliver while I was out.

Went down to the PO and there were three big parcels about as much as you'd want to carry of past correspondence, I've not had the heart to look at it all yet.

The bill for the last five years work will arrive sometime soon as well.

Barnardo's claimed last December that they had provided me with ALL the documents from my file, in a recent letter they admit that they have not. Those they have provided are very very poor quality copies. Extremely poor compared to the copies I have seen at Barkingside. So the fight goes on.

So be warned, if you're given any choice beware of Barnardos Family Connections, Adoption Support Agency is a real misnomer, 15 years grief trying to deal with Barnardos.

Barnardos Family Connections now refuse to see me even though I am in the middle of tracing my patrilineal family. They are providing no counselling, most of my documents have arrived on the doorstep via its and my solicitors. Completely against the rules. The documents that Barnardos still withhold are of great importance to my current situation.

Robin Harritt

harritt.eu

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[Robin Harritt]

I am looking for Tina Tuner, probably her full first name is Christina (sp?) or a variant of. Originally from the Romford area I don't know her married name, and think she may have moved abroad. She's probably well in her 50s now. Tina had a brother Martin (?) but I believe he died relatively young, also interested in contacting any family that he had, I don't yet know if he married. As Barnardo's records mention three children, it may be there's another one that was adopted.

Just want to keep Tina up at the top of the charts for a while.

Anyone got any idea how I might find out if she turned up in Australia, guess I've got to get a married name first.

Total lack of any cooperation at all from Barnardos the adoption agency and ASA that arranged my adoption and knew that my alleged father had already fathered three other kids in addition to me and my brother, outside of his marriage.

Why on earth do people think that 'Barnardo's Family Connections' are good at dealing with post-adoption issues. Barnardos are useless at anything out of the ordinary. Ten years worth of ridiculous bureaucracy and something might be done to help re adoption records and natural father's families, five years after every other major children's charity and adoption agency have a policy in place, no doubt .

Robin Harritt

harritt.eu

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