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Thank you for that information.   I am certain auntie would not have been paid since it appears that during the first pregnancy, after she returned from "being sent away, her unmarried sister had to move in for a few months to help with household costs.   Mary had obviously had to take unpaid leave.
Sadly both my husband and his last surviving cousin are dead and the "discovered" son of Mary - born at no 18 in October 1942, does not want to go any further and lives abroad, so no DNA at the moment.
Reading about the possible prosecution of ladies who ran No 18, which mentioned a supposed "nursing home" they ran where the babies were born, reminded me of something.   When I was very little, my paternal grandparents lived along the road in Greenhead Street and my cousins and I used to plat in the Green with strict instructions not to go up the road because there was a nursing home there.   How I wish someone of that generation was still around.
Thank you for replying and I hope to find answers eventually.   M

Hello Monica
Thank you so much for all that information.   Strangely enough with the adoption of aunties first, and only officially known child in 1942, the adopted child gave us copies of a letter showing that auntie had handed over her child with an outfit and had paid the expenses and, although the solicitors name is not shown, the letter was witnessed by 2 people at an office in Bath Street.   She was an intelligent lady and I find it very sad if she had been misled like this.   His birth certificate shows birth at 18 Monteith Road.   I will investiga43te this further.  MMacKG