Why was pop star Lulu's mum abandoned by her parents?

Pop star Lulu has always wanted to get to the bottom of a family mystery. She knows that her mum, the middle child of seven, was the only one to be given up by her birth parents and raised by another family, but she has no idea why. Lulu travels home to Glasgow, where she uncovers the real-life Romeo and Juliet story of her Catholic grandfather and Protestant grandmother's love affair across the city's strict sectarian divide. Digging deeper, she discovers some dark secrets about her grandfather's past which force her to reassess what she thought she knew about her mum's story.

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[audreygreen]

The first lady who took Lulu mum is my great gran mother. She was a war widow. Both her husbands were killed in the first world war. She had one child to her first husband then married a widower and they had 5 other children. He fought all the way through the war. Was wounded three times. Then died of spanish flu in France while waiting to come home. The McDonald were related to her. So she was in touch with the family her whole life.

[is_a_verb]

Prof Kenneth Nory's accent is the best thing

[rachelm]

I believe that it is important to learn about your family history as much as possible. Because it helps to better understand family members and why they turned out the way they did. We all have struggles in life, but for some others they had to face extremely difficult situations. Everyone deserves to know the truth about where they come from.

[norawhite]

Lulu, thank you for the joy you spread with your voice. Your Mum did a great job on raising you.💕🇮🇪

[annbeirne]

My heart ached for Lulu, what a shocking thing to find out, luckily her mother had good carers finally. It sounds like her mother never lost the sadness of abandonment😪💔

[juniperjane]

And what about the three kids they kept? I'm guessing they had a way worse life than lulu's mum x

[MeMeDaVinci]

I find it wonderful and fascinating that records are kept and cared for. Genealogy is fun, especially when you find a tidbit that you didn't know ...

[danielamicallef]

Tough seeing Lulu in tears. Our past follows us. Learning the facts is sometimes hard. All the best Lulu!

[MaryBrown-cnuu]

I served Lulu's mum wen I was working in Chelsea girl boutique argyle street she was with Edwina. Wot a delight I got to see them in 1972. ♥️

[carol.luna.stella]

God bless you Lulu! This was very moving.

[alexandraalberti]

I had a fear of abandonment. That fear came true.

[ttp]

Very sad. Hard times especially when the parents weren’t stable. Lulu is lovely. Bless her mum.

[stephtimms]

@ 3:55 It may help to remember there was no birth control back then and having more than one or two children wasn't frowned on, quite the opposite.

[Gardengirl]

I wonder what kind of life the other siblings had?
I'm sure it was probably worse, sadly,
I felt Lulu's pain. it's indescribable.

[beverlyshane]

My English granddad was an orphan in the late 1800’s. He joined the Royal Navy at a very young age (probably lied about his age). He made a career in the RN luckily he got out of the poverty that way.

[EndeavoursRadio]

Both my grandmothers were orphans. My British Granny went through something similar but worse than this...

[ImsunaSong-gwgs]

Oh I love Lulu!!❤❤❤ to sir with love touched my heart. Lulu's voice amazing.

[ruthmeb]

"Disposed of " didn't mean what Lulu imagines. It just means " how this matter was handled." As for willy nilly having babies, contraception was virtually unavailable and almost unknown amongst the working class at the time

[tonifitz]

There is a lady who lives below me, who claims she is Lulus cousin. I have no reason to not believe her.

[Sarabrenton-rimj]

Saw lulu at a concert in the park theirs no dought.lulu can sing she could knock any of today's pop people right off the stage she's great still got it lulu.brilliant !!!