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Gladys Ivy Willis 1925-2007
Gladys was my great aunt, i was her carer for 12yrs, she would often tell me a story about the baby she had to have adopted.
Gladys never spoke of the father of her child, all she would say was that he was a married man.
Glad was sent to a Salvation Army Home for Unwed Mothers, she spent 6 weeks nursing her child, a baby girl, born in 1956.
According to Glad, just befor 6 weeks, her baby was adopted, she was allowed to stand behind a curtain and see the couple take her baby.
Glad then married Walter J Baker in 1956, he was alot older than her, and she told me that Walter had refused to take the baby on as his own.
Gladys never had anymore children, she spent the next 25yrs looking after her aged husband.
Glad worked as a barmaid for years, she had a great personality, very bubbly and kind, she would have been a wonderful mum,
So, why am i writing this?
just incase baby Willis may one day google her birth mothers name and find this message, i have some photos and stories to share, and to say that Gladys never forgot you or stopped loving you,
kaz, x
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