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Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 22-11-2011, 11:47

Replies: 24 Baby shortening!!! Views: 3,767 Posted By susie123 Re: Baby shortening!!! A bit more digging produced this from Wikipedia so six weeks would have been about right... The usual date of churching was the fortieth day after confinement (or giving birth), in accordance...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 22-11-2011, 11:37

Replies: 24 Baby shortening!!! Views: 3,767 Posted By susie123 Re: Baby shortening!!! Yes Margaret - agree with you on all that. Perhaps your Ma will be able to help. Found the following which does mention the word shortening on a fascinating website about the cotton industry ...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 22-11-2011, 10:22

Replies: 24 Baby shortening!!! Views: 3,767 Posted By susie123 Re: Baby shortening!!! As Kate says, long nighties were the norm - I remember my brother and sister, twins born in 1950, wearing them. It's the ceremony that's the baffling bit. Amazing how babygros changed everythiing.

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