We have a family legend about an accidental baby swap that happened at a hospital in Glasgow in August 1954.
The babies were later swapped back after the mistake was discovered!
I recently had a chat with an older family member who told me a story about being away in the army at the time of this baby swap, and receiving a page torn out of woman's weekly in a letter from home, with the story featured.
This has really piqued my interest and I would love to get hold of a copy or at least find a record of the article in an archive somewhere.
Having looked briefly online, there seem to be a lot of newspaper archives but I can't find a way to search old copies of woman's weekly. There are some 1950s copies for sale on eBay, but I have the extra complication of not knowing exactly which date I need - I'm assuming August or September issues from 1954.
Can anyone offer any advice to help me know where to look, or how to narrow my search?