Anyone out there able to shed some light on: St Christopher's Mother & Babies, 179 Tulse Hill, S.W.2, Lambeth
(specifically circa 1957-1960 period)
In the 1957 Kelly's directory 179 Tulse Hill is listed as the Church Army Girls' Home. In Georgina Stafford's book Where to find adoption records - It calls it St Christopher's Mothers & Babies and mentions Southwark Diocesan Council for WelCare along with the Church Army as being responsible for it.
I have tried writing to all the above .... No records. St Christopher's say they did not have a Mother & Baby Home at 179 Tulse Hill & did not start taking in girls/women until the 1980s. Any information at all would be gratefully received.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5871897/Decades-haunting-loss-love-rage.html
1958-if you look online,go thru lots of stuff-some descriptions are Church Army and some say Salvation Army. They are the same. Birth mother told me 2 Salvation Army women left the home with her-and me-stayed on the train to Northampton-then took me from her arms once they got out the train.Also Birth mother had some family members that were working in the Salvation Army,guess that is why she was sent there.
Hello Kathleen, thank you for replying. Apparently the Church Army is different to The Salvation Army!
My birth mother was sent here to have me.So it did exist! I rang the Salvation Army,but they could offer me no help. My birth records give St Christophers as the adress as well!