Too big for my jeans, I had been panicked into borrowing a dress from my mother. I was very disappointed –– the whole scenario was reminiscent of when I was pregnant. If they had disagreed with the 'no women' policy, they could have spoken up. Rob Gretton shouldered the blame, but to be fair all the boys had tongues in their heads. It was taken for granted that we would wash and iron clothes, pack cases and make excuses to employers, but now it seemed we were bad for the image. It had been OK for us to boost the numbers in the audience in the early days and we had become used to sitting on the amplifiers to stop them being stolen. It was gradually made plain to us that wives and girlfriends were no longer welcome. I thought nothing of it at the time, but the day after the gig Ian asked me not to go any more unless I had the other girls with me, as it wasn't fair if I went without them. When I went into the dressing room to look for Ian, two of the lads were in there talking to a couple of young female fans.
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