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The end result was that not long after the start of 1947 Olive became pregnant with my dad.

For anyone unfamiliar with 1940s mores, this was not a small deal. To at least some degree it was possible to hide what two people did behind closed doors. A child conceived and born out of wedlock was something else entirely.

I suspect that, however excited either of my grandmother and John were, panic also started to grip at this stage. I can imagine Olive trying to persuade him to stay with her. 15/?