RADIO HIGHS: Back in time's a treat; By Mark Brittain.(Features)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: March 21, 2003 | Copyright information

IF you were a Nordic-looking white woman in 1964,giving birth to a black baby was likely to attract a certain amount of unwelcome attention,not to mention disapproval.

It happened to Jill Williams, and her aunt Barbara Long had a similar experience.

The problem was not so much the then uncommon idea of mixed marriage,but that both Jill and Barbara's husbands were white too.

So,not an ideal scenario for a maternity ward either then.

But t...

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