Kay Hall

Well, I had a boyfriend, but I really, he wasn't really, he was my boyfriend, but we were all having a good time.

But I found out I was pregnant and it was a trauma, huge trauma.

I think then I just went into a shock and I carried on and I told my friends and we tried everything.

I tried gym, the bath, a knitting needle.

There was nothing.

There was no way that you could.

I didn't know where you got an abortion from.

And I was petrified because I was frightened of my father.

And it took me 20 weeks.

I was halfway through my pregnancy.

Probably not much because I was pretty small and, you know, first baby.

And I told my mother and my father was absolutely, went berserk and they tried to find out who the father was.

They guessed anyway, but he'd already gone to Australia.

And I didn't want to get married and I didn't want a baby either.

You weren't ready for that.

So what happened then, like every other girl that happened too, and believe me, there were thousands of us,

We went into hiding.

It was shameful.

Parents were very ashamed of you.

They didn't want you to have the baby.