Glasgow woman calls for memorial to lost children

A campaign has been launched to mark the graves of children who were buried in unnamed, communal plots before the 1970s.

The BBC reports:

Cath Curran, 75, from Glasgow, has urged other bereaved mothers to help build a memorial to lost children at the city’s Old Eastwood Cemetery.

Until the 1970s, it was common for bereaved parents not to see their babies or arrange their funerals.

The Stillbirth And Neonatal Death Society has backed the scheme and said memorial areas could provide comfort.

There are now five memorial gardens in Fife commemorating children who were buried in unmarked common graves.

(BBC)