Call me Auntie

Anne Harrison SpeakerNet Sponsor


Regions:
Warwickshire, West Mids, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire
Notice Period:
Regular (more than one month's notice)
Type:
Hobby
Fee:
Paid: £50 - £60
Category:
History
Updated:
20th November 2023
Tagged:

My life in care and my search for my mother beginning with the Windrush generation, transracial fostering, the care system, confusion over my identity and concluding with mystery and survival.

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About Anne Harrison

Abandoned at birth, I was brought up in the care system. I worked as a shop assistant before joining the Warwickshire Police. From there I became a residential social worker, Inspector of care services and a Social care manager for local authorities in the West Midlands and Warwickshire. I am now retired and I live with my husband in Coventry.

My talk is based on my memoir "Call Me Auntie" (published by Waterside Press in 2020). It has five main themes:

  • Abandonment. I was abandoned as a baby by my mother, who came from Barbados as part of the Windrush generation.
  • Transracial fostering. I was fostered for nine years by a white family, until they emigrated to Australia.
  • Life in a children's home. I was placed in a horrible children’s home up to the age of seventeen.
  • Confusion. I experienced a lot of confusion about my identity.
  • Mystery. The whereabouts of my mother and the identity of my father were surrounded in mystery.

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