Call the Midwife

[Toddlerteaplease]

Well this is boring.

Oh no!

Oh Lucille
How amazing is the actress playing nurse crane tonight too.

When Cyril put his hand on Lucille's tummy at the start he was about 6 foot behind her, his arms must be like Mr Tickles

Why is Phyllis so upset, is there more to it?

@BigRedBoat

When Cyril put his hand on Lucille's tummy at the start he was about 6 foot behind her, his arms must be like Mr Tickles

I thought exactly the same thing!

Oh gosh... Poor Lucille. After I lost ds1 I was put back in a room on my own in the middle of the maternity and I had to listen to babies cry all night... 😢 😢 😢 😢

@Elderflower14

Phyllis is going to cancel her trip

Was that shell?

Oh dear Lord a bomb?

Bleeding heck !!

Trixie is going on Maternity Leave so off to go to Portofino ...

I wish they could have sent Trixie off on a long honeymoon with her chap instead.

She'll be back for a Christmas wedding, I feel sure.

Er...... where was Dr Wonderboy? Surely He can sort out unexploded bombs with no need of the Army?? they missed a trick there!

Nonatus house is going to be rather short staff with both Trixie & Nurse Crane both going off

For anyone wondering - Phyllis's 5k would be worth 80k in today's money!

And we've had the old unexploded WW2 bomb storyline before!

@GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat

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!

Another scriptwriter in their twenties…

@GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat

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!

I agree. We had one girl who had her periods at primary school in the early 80s. When I started mine the average age was 13.

I highly doubt those sort of lessons would have taken place in the 60s. I was born in the 90s and we had sex education in year 6, but nothing before that.

And when I was told about periods in the 80s sex wasn’t mentioned at all.

How far gone was Lucille?

It had the feel of the end of the series with everyone off.

Gosh so 2 midwives written out, are they planning to get an old face back??
I'm struggling to see who's left with sister Julienne unwell, Lucille recently miscarried, Phyllis and Trixie gone and The new one still so recently qualified.
Who would people like to see return to "save the day"??

Aw I was right about Lucille. I wonder are we going to see recurrent miscarriage covered.

With nurse Crane and Trixie gone are we going to see the return of Mother Mildred?

I'd love to see Patsy and Deliah come back. Or Chummy.