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Call the Midwife

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Toddlerteaplease · 25/12/2021 20:25

Well this is boring.

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Pebble21uk · 30/01/2022 20:09

Little girl in the flat is the girl out of The Haunting of Bly Manor

GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat · 30/01/2022 20:11

Another project for Sheila to spearhead!

I wonder if there'll be a jumble sale fashion show...

Tigresswoods · 30/01/2022 20:11

Timmy oiling his bat.

MinglingFlamingo · 30/01/2022 20:12

Nice shirt and tie combinationsGrin

GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat · 30/01/2022 20:12

Disappointed to see Tim hasn't rebelled while at university 😁

DobbyTheHouseElk · 30/01/2022 20:15

Mrs Turner is awfully panicked for a nurse.

Pebble21uk · 30/01/2022 20:15

HE WINKED!

Elderflower14 · 30/01/2022 20:17

Premium Bonds!!!

Pegasussnail · 30/01/2022 20:17

How much did nurse crane receive

DobbyTheHouseElk · 30/01/2022 20:19

£5,000

Maerchentante · 30/01/2022 20:19

Phyllis won £5000

Pegasussnail · 30/01/2022 20:23

Thank You

DobbyTheHouseElk · 30/01/2022 20:26

Did they have sanitary briefs in the 60’s?

GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat · 30/01/2022 20:29

Would girls starting their periods at 10 or 11 have been common in the late 60s/ something that community professionals would publicly involve themselves in?

It wasn't common in the late 80s/early 90s and certainly wouldn't have warranted a campaign. The vast majority of us started at 12-14 (and older in some cases). Anyone starting younger was discretely helped by the school nurse and/or their mum.

We only had the period talk in Y7 and Y8 (Tampax lady 😁) and a bit of sex ed in Y6 and that seemed progressive for the time.
I just find the idea of the enthusiastic nun and nurse going into a primary school in the late 60s unfathomable, particularly without parents' knowledge.

Maybe I'm wrong!

Pebble21uk · 30/01/2022 20:32

Mansplaining claxon!

DobbyTheHouseElk · 30/01/2022 20:33

Gareth I totally agree with you. I was in school in the 80’s and we didn’t get any information it was still very “womens problems” don’t talk about it.

Tiredpigeon · 30/01/2022 20:33

My mum started in last year of primary in the very early 60s and says she got much more support at school than at home (very rural village).

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 30/01/2022 20:34

My mum was born in 1932 and started her periods at 10 or 11, so not unknown.

Very understandable that Mrs T was worried, given the adoption/fostering issue.

So delighted for Cyril and Lucille!

LaQuern · 30/01/2022 20:42

Oh no Lucille!!

GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat · 30/01/2022 20:44

Thanks for all the perspectives! I recall an earlier episode where Val and Lucille did a period talk for the girls at the youth group but I'd have said they were 14+, possibly older.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 30/01/2022 20:46

Please let it just be implantation bleeding.

Elderflower14 · 30/01/2022 20:47

Surely she shouldn't be discussing it with Matthew...?

jay55 · 30/01/2022 20:47

In the 80s we had the talk in what's now year 5, I'd already started so was a bit late for me. Remember having a laugh with my mum about it on the way home from school.

I hate that the miscarriage predictions were right.

hopeishere · 30/01/2022 20:48

Oh no. Poor Lucille. Hope that other lady is ok too...

MinglingFlamingo · 30/01/2022 20:49

Tbh I didn't get taught much about periods at school and I was at school in 00s. Our teacher just skipped over that bit and even said so ConfusedHmm