Not just birds and bees

sir – Jane Hodgson’s letter (May 9) recalling her mother’s use of Lady Chatterley’s Lover for her sex education took me straight back to my childhood.

When I asked my mother where babies came from, she was unable to reply, as such things weren’t discussed in the 1950s. Instead she obtained a pamphlet from the doctor to provide the answer.

The information it contained was somewhat confusing to a nine-yearold. The description of “the deed” used banana flies as the example. As these small creatures perform the feat in mid-air I was indeed puzzled. Fortunately for my encounters in the future, I was given information closer to the facts by my friends at school. Susan Firth

Stratford-upon-avon, Warwickshire