Before the 1980s, medical staff were known to give explanations such as telling bereaved parents their children would be placed alongside “a nice person” who was being buried that same day – often without giving them the opportunity to say goodbye.
“They were just taken,” Ms Hurley told Radio Manchester.
“The belief at that time was the best thing to do was not to look at it – don’t look at it, don’t hold it, you’ll get on better.
“Go and have another baby, we’ll deal with this, we’ll bury it today with someone who’s nice.
“Back then, no one questioned authority – it was a very different world.”
However, the bodies of the babies were often interred in mass graves at cemeteries.
