When I was growing up in the early 1970s, I can only remember about 3 girls in my class wearing them during our last year at Primary school whereas I would say that well over half of the girls in my sons class at Primary school were wearing some sort of bra or cropped top at that stage.

Mum bought me my first bras as a 12th birthday present. Luckily my dad had already gone to work when I opened the present. I don’t know whether mum had discussed it with him, but if she had, he never mentioned it.