Call the Midwife

[Toddlerteaplease]

Well this is boring.

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

Another project for Sheila to spearhead!

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

Timmy oiling his bat.

Nice shirt and tie combinations

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

Mrs Turner is awfully panicked for a nurse.

HE WINKED!

Premium Bonds!!!

How much did nurse crane receive

£5,000

Phyllis won £5000

Thank You

Did they have sanitary briefs in the 60’s?

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!

Mansplaining claxon!

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.

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).

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!

Oh no Lucille!!

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.

Please let it just be implantation bleeding.

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

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.

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

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