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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Chris Osuh

Plaque and memorial garden to mark scandal of Britain’s forced adoptions

Black and white picture of large two-storey country house with pram bottom right and woman looking out of window
Rosemundy House in St Agnes, Cornwall, when it was a home for unmarried mothers. It is now a hotel. Photograph: handout

Survivors of forced adoptions and unmarried mothers’ homes will gather at the first-ever public commemorations of a national scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of British people.

A plaque will be unveiled at noon on Saturday at an open event at Rosemundy, St Agnes, in Cornwall. Meanwhile, in Kendal, Cumbria, on 23 May, a memorial garden will be opened, with attendance by invitation.

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