Wearing Each Other's Clothes

Barbara quickly realized a strong advantage she had over the other girls at Nonnatus House. When things stayed cold so long, and even Valerie started complaining of long cold nights, she stayed warm at night. For one reason, she had a warm husband to snuggle up with at night. The parish might not be heated, but the two created enough body heat to keep the other safe and warm. Barbara wasn't below adding extra blankets to the bed on the chilliest of nights. Tom even offered some of his older sweaters as extra layers for her to wear. On days when she wasn't midwifing, Barbara could be found wearing the sweater as she cleaned the kitchen and started preparing the evening meals.

Tom loved the sight of seeing his wife wearing his sweaters. He often made excuses to come home around lunch just to catch her wearing one. Barbara would often playfully scold him because she knew that everything would be done that much later that day. Newlywed bliss was over the Hereward house that winter of 1962.