don't go all the way / get off prior to blackpool

Roy R. Behrens, Clockwise (©2026), digital collage

ANON [English woman from the 1920s about preventing pregnancy] We were on the bus and Harold knew the conductor and he asked Harold if we were married. He said "Don't forget, always get off the bus at South Shore, don't go all the way to Blackpool." That was how they kept the family down.