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broken & swore I'd never have another boy friend. Ah! how simple life was then I still knew very
little about sex
& nothing of sexuality, was given to understand the body something to be ashamed of & even later that men were
"worse than
beasts" though why, no-one told me. All babies were born at home or in the dreaded "Workhouse."
Neighbors helped out at these
times with the District Nurse. Men did nothing in the house Any baby born disabled in mind or body was hidden
away
When I was 12 we
moved into a very large & to me quite palatial bungalow with a water closet, a proper bath, 3 bedrooms, a large
living room with 3 windows & proper sink & kitchen, electric lights & a large
garden. We had arrived!! I'd
have various jobs as "mothers help" 6/- a week, under nanny as I've described already, where I learned
more amount life, though
still quite ignorant & innocent. I'd heard whispers & hints & was avid to know more, but one thing still, I
was going to be a NURSE another Florence Nightingale!! Silly me I was soon
disillusioned, but