'I knew I had to give my baby up'
Padmini Staple had to give her baby up for adoption in 1965, as she was a 16-year-old single, unmarried mother.
She explained to single parent and singer Jamelia how she stayed at a mother and baby home in Newcastle, only leaving to go to hospital to give birth to her daughter on her own.
She was given a day's notice before she had to take her daughter to the Moral Welfare Workers' office in Newcastle to hand her over to her adoptive parents.
Jamelia: Shame about Single Mums will be broadcast on Monday 29 August at 21:00 BST on BBC Three.
26 Aug 2011
- From the section UK