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What year do you think this baby safety advice is from?

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RubyDarke · 30/05/2023 19:15

I found this in some family documents. Anybody want to guess what year this advice comes from? I will come back later....

Text on image:

MY SAFETY IS IMPORTANT TOO

Give me my own place to sleep in.
I must never share your bed.

A hard flat pillow is the only safe kind,
a soft one may suffocate me.

Please don't leave me alone with my bottle,
hold me safe in your arms to feed me.

Put me over your shoulder when meal time is
done. Rub my back gently and firmly from
bottom to top, till I bring up my wind.

(At the bottom of the leaflet is the address of RoSPA)

On the front of the document is a genuinely terrifying picture of a baby I may also share later.

What year do you think this baby safety advice is from?
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DingsBum · 30/05/2023 19:16

1983

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Tygertiger · 30/05/2023 19:17

I’d say 70s, from the image.

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SalviaDivinorum · 30/05/2023 19:19

1959

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SpongeBobJudgeyPants · 30/05/2023 19:20

1960's.

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ThreeRingCircus · 30/05/2023 19:21

DingsBum · 30/05/2023 19:16

1983

My immediate thought was also 1983!

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MrTiddlesTheCat · 30/05/2023 19:22

1990s

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excab · 30/05/2023 19:22

1950s or early 1960s

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SidekickSylvia · 30/05/2023 19:23

1960's

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DeathMetalMum · 30/05/2023 19:23

1990's.

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MeinKraft · 30/05/2023 19:24

1991

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Blarn · 30/05/2023 19:28

Mid to late 80s. No mention of lying on back which was a big campaign in the very early 90s with Anne Diamond. Drastically cut the number of cot deaths.

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User18538754 · 30/05/2023 19:30

1968

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JanglyBeads · 30/05/2023 19:33

70s?

Why is winding a safety issue though? It really isn't!

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MissyB1 · 30/05/2023 19:36

1980s

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ArsMamatoria · 30/05/2023 19:39

1980s

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Floralnomad · 30/05/2023 19:43

1967

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Redshoeblueshoe · 30/05/2023 19:44

1959

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INeedAnotherName · 30/05/2023 19:44

Early 1970s

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orangeflags · 30/05/2023 19:45

1960s

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NameChangeSorryNotSorry · 30/05/2023 19:45

1993

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QuintanaRoo · 30/05/2023 19:46

1986

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AngelasAirpods · 30/05/2023 19:46

1950s/1960s

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TakeMeDancingNakedInTheRain · 30/05/2023 19:46

Early 90s

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Needapadlockonmyfridge · 30/05/2023 19:46

1965

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LouReidPark · 30/05/2023 19:47

1985

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