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For Cotton, being gay must have been tough in 66. Having someone to talk too, must have been a comfort for him.I guess this had to come out sooner or later....
I'm referring to Nancy's other life. For many of us who are long-term students/posters in this case, it's been the 'elephant in the room' we have all known about but have respectfully avoided until recently. I've wanted to discuss this for years, as have many l think.
I think the fact we have not taken recent tacky and disrespectful 'baits' here is a tribute to us all and our authenticity.
I was 12 in 1966 and lived near Glenelg. Police drove down our street calling through a loud hailer. It changed our lives.
In 1966, we had no internet. Our household had no phone, like most. We relied on black n white TV and a paper thrown on our lawn at 7am. Despite these barriers, word of mouth spread within days of Nancy's private life. My very conservative Father said this was not for discussion as we didn't know them.
Nancy and Jim's marriage was none of our business. The only real evidence we have that something may have been amiss was Jane's last note to her parents when she minded her siblings at night. "Grant wanted to sleep in his own bed, so one of you will have to sleep with Arnna". We also have Jane's beautiful comment "l hope you had a nice time wherever you went".
We can read between the lines. Maybe mum and dad were seeking counselling. Maybe the just wanted time alone. Maybe they we making plans to separate.
Those children were clearly loved and adored , especially by Mr B. I have no doubt.
My theory, for whats it's worth, is that the children were left alone far too often because of messy entanglements within the marriage. I think they were at the beach much too frequently, allowing them to befriend goodness knows who. To me, alleged time frames mean nothing that day because of messy evidence.
it's not out of the ordinary for a woman to have gay friends.
I look at it a different way, just to confuse matters.






