Barbara Scully

Absolutely.

And the only time you sorted it out was if you were going on holidays.

Or to Courtown.

Well, yeah, we never went to Courtown.

So you went around looking like your bikini line was like an explosion in a mattress factory, you know, most of the year, unless you were going somewhere where it was going to be on show, like on holidays.

So I thought, do I need to do that?

And then I thought, no, I'm not doing that because we only had creams or a razor and you could give yourself a rash then.

And I thought, I'm not going down here with a rash.

So I thought, I'll just give it a bit of a haircut, you know, because I was afraid his fingers would get stuck or something like that.

And the next thing was, I remember being down there and arriving in and him being very kind of, when he said to me, oh, Barbara, nice to see you, jolly good.

What are you here for?

And I said, I'm here for a smear test doc.

And he went, oh, I normally see all the older women, but no, no, no problem.

And at that point, my head is gone on Jesus Christ, big mistake.

Anyway, he said, no, no, no problem.

He said in there, you know, behind the curtain, get yourself organized and I'll be back in a minute.

And I'm convinced he went out.

There was no Google down, no internet.

I'm convinced he went out to look up in a manual where he might find my cervix.

But anyway, the next problem I had was being in beside the bed and going, take off your lower garments, fine.