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Female resident, married, corporation tenant, female interviewer, 3 October 1962

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/3/4

Scope and Contents

Discussion of a neighbour's child who is badly behaved and whose mother wants to take to a psychiatrist. INTVEE preoccupied with birth control, has been told by doctor that her nerves would be better without the monthly anxiety about pregnancy. She thinks her husband may object on religious grounds but she thinks he will agree if it is better for her health. None of the eight couples on the top balcony use contraception and there is some discussion about methods used to avoid pregnancy - immediately going to the lavatory, taking Beecham's pill or Epsom salts, withdrawal - although it is thought this might be bad for the husband's health. INTVEE is quoted as saying, "it's terrible isn't it, how you start your married life not knowing a thing - we're an ignorant crowd". She says when she was pregnant with her first child she did not know where it was going to come out. She had heard from a neighbour that there was a sheath for 25/- and neighbour joked that it was drip dry. She had heard references to thalidomide babies and has discussed it at work but is still against abortions as she has heard there is quite a chance that these babies will be all right, although her boss is a devout Catholic and is for abortions in those cases. She would not consider the cap. Complaint about the old trees and hedges being left at the corner of Pennywell Medway and how it doesn't give the tenants any encouragement to keep the place tidy.

Dates

  • Other: 3 October 1962

Conditions Governing Access

This item is subject to a closure period of 100 years.Public access to these records is governed by UK data protection legislation. Whilst some records may be accessed freely by researchers, the aforementioned legislation means that records conveying personal information on named individuals may be closed to the public for a set time. Where records relate to named deceased adults, they will be open 75 years after the latest date referenced in the record, on the next 1 January. Records relating to individuals below 18 years of age or adults not proven to be deceased will be open 100 years after the latest date recorded in the record, on the next 1 January.

Extent

5 Sheets

Related Materials

EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/3/4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 17

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