Teresa: Not particularly

Jean: No, it’s been a long time since I’ve had a boyfriend, I wouldn’t have dared! My dad or my mum rather would have killed me! My Dad wasn’t so bad but my mum was very strict. When we got older and went to the dancing and you weren’t back on time they were at the back door with the belt ready to give you slapping; you got away with nothing!

What age were you when you had your first boyfriend Teresa?

Teresa: Well I would be about seventeen and a half I think. After the war was declared.