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Illegitamacy during the war
This was kept very secret, depending on your parents. Mother used to say" don't go up the entry with a boy". People who where pregnant were treated like they were filth, like it was a terrible thing - like it was murder. It was a disgrace. Your mother and father could even show you the door.

Our mother used to chec our dresses to see if we had grass stains on the back.
I went to a girls school of 400 people - if one got pregnant everyone would know and say "have you heard about.....?"We had curfews...me dad's belt

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