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In the 1980s British television would very very occasionally show a programme where they talked about incontinece. One programme I remember seeing was Afternnon Plus on Thames TV. They did a feature about incontinence and spoke to a couple of people who suffered with it. They also showed the...

Does anyone know what the NHS supplied for incontinence in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Was it just pads and plastic pants, or big nappies also?

In the 1950s and 1960s there must have been very limited information about pelvic floor exercises after child birth. Combined with risky hysterectomies and protatectomies causing nerve problems to the bladder. Thats alot of potential incontinence problems. Obviously a very common problem that...

It makes me wonder how many women must have been incontinent years ago, and how did they cope. Were most older women incontinent years ago.

Here's Boots products from 1999.

Another one from a few years later, when they sold other brands next to their own.

Here's some sales catalogues of the Boots range from years ago.

Boots have had their own range of incontinence products for over 30 years, originally pads and plastic pants. These days they sell their own pads, pullup pants and nappies, while also selling ranges from Tena, Always Discreet and Depend.

I remember seeing the Depend belted undergarments available in the UK about 25 years ago. They were being sold in a medium sized pharmacy. Back then incontinence products were not always on display, except in some "Boots the Chemist", which sometimes had a very small range available.

I've posted this in diaper talk, but I think it deserves to be here too. These days in the UK ladies incontinence protection is sold everywhere. Tena Lady, Always Discreet and Supermarkets own brand. But what did women use before these were generally available? Growing up in the 70s and 80s in...

Dr Whites looped sanitary towels were possibly used daily by some women. I've heard some women just accepted incontinence as a side effect of childbirth back then.

These days in the UK ladies incontinence protection is sold everywhere. Tena Lady, Always Discreet and Supermarkets own brand. But what did women use before these were generally available? Growing up in the 70s and 80s in the UK I remember seeing various adverts for mail order incontinence pants...