THE CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE

Abandoned in a Moses basket on the steps of Dr Barnardo's home in Stepney London, Dudley Godfrey spent a lifetime wondering what his mother was like and why she would abandon him as a new born babe. "For years it was impossible to know the truth" he says "I was not eligible for a birth certificate and Barnardo's refused to give me any information about my background. All I had was my fantasy. Perhaps my mother was unfit, a prostitute, or she just didn't want to know me? It's hard for anyone from a secure family to understand the inner anguish caused from not knowing who you are or what your roots are."

In 1995 at the age of 53 a charity worker called at Dudley's property business in Burseldon Southampton. She was collecting for Dr Barnardo's. The lady informed him that it was nowadays easy for ex-Barnardo's children to get their Birth Certificate. She told him how to do it.

As the high powered General Manager of a successful company Dudley wasted no time in putting plans into action. "I went straight down to the registrar and got the certificate." continues Dudley "To my surprise I was born miles away. Next I instructed my secretary to find out the name of the town's local parson and see if he knew anything about my family. Fortunately he was a keen genealogist and offered to check the parish records and would write me a full family tree."

"When his report landed on my desk I dashed to the car and drove to London? to see my last remaining relative- my mother's sister. Within an hour and a half I was at her doorstep, my heart pounding hard."

Dudley Godfrey discovered that his now dead father was the husband of his long lost aunt. Clearly a terrible family problem had occurred at Dudley's birth that had resulted in his abandonment. But at last now Dudley knew who he was and a little about his background. "The most startling thing was meeting my half-brother. He was my clone. Not only did he look like me but had the same body language and even talked like me."Sadly I also discovered that my mother had died a long time ago and I resolved my self to the fact there was no way I would ever talk to her or know her." Soon afterwards Dudley read about the medium Craig Hamilton-Parker who worked in the nearby town of Eastleigh. The article described how Craig could talk with people who have gone over into the Spirit World. Dudley telephoned Craig and arranged an appointment.

"Immediately I walked into his consultation room Craig asked me if I knew of an Uncle George who he said had been talking to him during his meditations. George, who I had called Uncle, had brought me up from the age of two after leaving Barnardo's. 'He died of TB' said Craig 'And says that his wife's name was Lotty. Also, he would have been very sceptical about mediums as he'd had a very strict religious upbringing. He loved the countryside and was a farm labourer.'

"I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Craig was reeling off the facts. Facts that he could never have checked through public records. By now tears were rolling down my cheeks.

"Craig continued by saying 'There's something about him that only you and he ever knew about. George tells me that he was a secret drinker.' That clinched it. I was the only person in the world that knew this. It was a standing joke between us."

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"Craig went on to tell me about how I'd been in Doctor Barnardo's, he told me about my deceased wife Betty and that she was aware that I'd been having problems with my kidneys and how she wanted to pass on her love to my daughter and two sons. She was pleased, Craig said, that despite everything I was making a success of my life and was reasonably happy."

Then perhaps the most important person of all came through."I've got to give you a message from a lady with the name Grace" said Craig, "She died of womb cancer at the age of thirty and she's so sorry for everything that happened when you we little."

At last Dudley's mother had made contact. Craig continued"Your mum is telling me that she didn't want to give you to Dr Barnardo's. It broke her heart but there was nothing that she could do. She was forced to do what she did, there was no way she could keep me, and she regretted it for the rest of her short life. She loves you, her only child, very much."

"Craig told me that I must ask my Aunt about this and various other events that transpired at the time of my birth. Immediately afterwards I telephoned my Aunt and asked her about all the things that were said during the consultation. She was dumfounded. 'How on earth do you know these things!' she exclaimed. But that was mum's and my little secret.

"I am not in the habit of visiting psychics or mediums" says Dudley, "For me it was my first and perhaps only exposure to these things. But it helped me a great deal and unloaded a tremendous weight from my shoulders. At last I believe that I have been able to talk to the mother that I never knew. I now have a photograph of mum but the greatest comfort of all is knowing that her spirit's close to me and that one day we will meet and talk about everything that happened. My life long fear that I would never be able to talk to her just isn't true."

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THE CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE