marriages like this one were the cornerstone of respectability. to have a baby outside of wedlock would be breaking one of the most potent taboos. till death us do part... but what if you did become pregnant before you married? i was really, really scared, and ijust blotted i was working at the holiday camp in bognor, i was going out with one of the redcoats, we became intermittent i got pregnant. became intermittent i got pregnant-— became intermittent i got reunant. ., .. ,, .,, pregnant. veronica smith was unmarried- — my mother didn't tell my father because she said it would kill him. so he never knew? no. ever? never. it was regarded as so shameful that veronica was secretly sent to a mother and baby home