Hillside Mother And Baby Home

I was adopted from Hillside in 1963, and would love pictures or information about it too! I am going to ask the Children's society so watch this space!

Hi I wondered if you had any luck or received any detail from the children's society?

Hi Rachel .. did you have any luck finding anything out about the home.

I had a daughter in this home in 1966 I would love to hear from anyone who was in the home back then

Hello Carole, how lovely to read your comments and hear from someone who can share an experience at Hillside. I was there from December 65 until June 66 where I had a little boy in the February who was not adopted until the beginning of June 66. Sister Gates was in charge of the home, an absolute ogre but there was a great crowd of girls In with me and we all helped each other. It would be great to talk to you about our time in there. If anyone else, sally, Jane, Brenda, Barbara, Francis remembers me it would be great to hear from you too. Monica

Hi Monica, i was in the home during June. I would like to have contact with other girls who were there at the same time. It would be nice if we could 'talk'. best wishes, Eileen.

My memories of the place were of doing the gardening there after school. We went as part of “community service”, something we were encouraged to do at what was then the Lower School of John Lyon. This would have been in the mid 60s and I imagine I woukd have been about twelve or thirteen. We were told not to talk to the girls (we would have been too scared to anyway) but I do remember some of the girls coming out and staring at us. I’m afraid the abiding memory that remains is my uncharitable thought that the girls ought to be doing their own gardening!

Hi Eileen, so sorry for the delay in replying but have just looked in on this site. It would be great to chat to you about our times at Hillside if you would like to. Regards Monica

I am trying to find information concerning my husband's birth mother who has Hillside recorded on his birth certificate as her place of residence. They were there in October 1963. Can anyone help or point me in the right direction? Her name was Yvonne Hughes.

I had my son there December 1966 I remember Sister Gates, a dragon with a dog! And was it Nurse Rose? When the adoptive parents arrived all of the girls were put into the kitchen so that we didn’t see them an tell the mother anything about them. I remember a Carol and a Sue. I was lucky, I fought my family and returned to Wales with my son who is now 52 years old. When I came across this page the memories came flooding back, not all bad

I'm trying to piece together my half brother's family tree. His birth mother was at Hillside at the end of 1952. Paul was born in December and adopted from there early in 1953. His birth mother was known as Esther Ann, possibly from Wales. In letters written at the time, she talks about a Christmas party. She was taken under the wing of a Methodist Minister and following Paul's adoption by a couple from the Midlands, 'Esther' went to stay with the Minister's family in the same area. Any information gratefully received.

anybody who was there in 1964 with me linda espec sue or marion.

please if any one has information about my son who i named gary in 1964 i would
appreciate it my name was linda crompton and gary was born in may. thank you.

Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone might have some information on Gertrude Smyth… she had two children there, a son in 1965 and a daughter in 1968… any information would be appreciated.

did you ask the children's society for pictures of hillside? Any girls in the home from April 66 to September 1966, i would love to know how you are, especially Rita, who was deaf.

Hi, I have my mothers Milk Token book that names her as D Melling, and living at Hillside. I was born 20th March 1960 and called Sun Moira Melling. Does none know what the first name of my mother was? Or where the records are now kept? I don’t want to know to meet her etc but I do need some health and medical information quite urgently…so Help!