“WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR MOTHER?”
30 images of MATCH Members apart from their children
This exhibition marks the run up to MATCH’s 30th anniversary in 2009.
In 1979 Peg English, a divorced American living in London, wrote to The Guardian to ask if there were other divorcees living apart from their children as she was, and who might like to meet for mutual support.
From the very first meeting in London – many were surprised to find there were others “like them” – self-help groups across the UK were established, and a newsletter printed to reach those unable to meet.
The circumstances in which mothers were apart widened to include those whose children had been fostered or adopted. A few had had children abducted abroad by their father, or had children living abroad with their father. And some had had rows with adult children. But nearly all mothers apart, whatever their varied circumstances, had not seen their children for one or more decades.
Please visit the site to see the gallery and learn more about these mothers apart from their children.
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