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Latest revision as of 05:56, 5 October 2010
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General Everyday Clothing
| c1920 | |
| My great grandmother, Dorothy Elizabeth Downes with her mother, Esther Downes (formerly Bradbury) |
| c1920 | |
| I love his shoe laces, apparantly he used to iron them. |
| c1921/22 | |
| 1923 | |
| This photo is of my mother, her brother and my grandparents. For the first time ever in Britain ladies showed their ankles!! For many the hair was cut short. |
| 1925 | |
| 1927 | |
| My Nan and her family taken at G Wynspeare's Herbet's Studio in Lancaster. My Nan is the lady with the curly hair. |
| 1927 | |
| My Grandma's brother, Sidney Davis, wife Maud and their daughter. |
| C1928 | |
| Reginald Augustine Slade born 1906 Bristol. He was later ordained as a priest and this photo was taken sometime during during a break in his training. Looks like he was in his mid 20's? |
| C1928 | |
| Aunt Amelia and friends on a day out in 1928 |
| 1929 | |
| 1929 | |
| My Grandfather's sister Mary Frances Atwell, nee Slade, and husband John. |
| 1920s/30s | |
| My grandmothers sister, her husband and 2 daughters. Taken late 1920's early 1930's.. |
Hats and Accessories
| 1922 | |
| Hats worn by some older ladies. |
| 1922 | |
| Some of the younger ladies' hats. |
| 1922 | |
Boots and Shoes
| 1929 | |
Uniforms
| from 1921 onward | |
| This photo of my father is c1942. Note the white gloves and the hat. It was designed to resemble the original flying helmet and it consisted of a leather skull cap trimmed with black rabbit fur. The helmet also featured an ostrich feather plume which was connected at an RAF badge. This helmet was never popular and junior officers were eventually permitted to wear the service dress hat on full dress occasions. |
| 1927 | |
| Sydney Pusey pictured in 1927, served in the Somerset Light Infantry. |
| 1927 | |
| My great grandfather, Thomas Arthur Goode. |
| 1928 | |
| My grandfather Owen Pigott |
| 1929 | |
| My father who rode the horses as a brake man, is the 2nd man from the right, back row. |
Workwear
| c1920 | |
| James Williams was a carter living and working in Culworth, Northants. |
Sportswear
| 1920 | |
| Worn by a young woman from Brighton, Sussex. |
| c1920 | |
| Doris King (my mum) with swimming cup won by Hamstell Road School, Southend. She went on to be secretary of Tottenham swimming club, first met my dad on a swimming club outing and was still swimming in the Blackwater estuary in Essex until she was over 80. |
| 1920s | |
| My great grandfather (seated far right) and the Burton Albion, Tug of War team. |
| 1920s | |
| Burton Albion Tug of War team. |
| 1924 | |
| Girl Guide Cricket Team |
| 1926 | |
| This is Camberwell Central School, London, cricket team, taken in 1926. They were Premier Cricket Champions that year. |
Wedding Attire
| 1920 | |
| My great uncle & aunt married in Yorkshire. |
| 1922 | |
| Amelia and Percy were married at East Wittering, Sussex in 1922, it was a double wedding, her sister Annie married on the same day. Amelia was 25. |
| 1922 | |
| Annie and Thomas at East Wittering. It was a double wedding - her sister married the same day. Annie was an older bride at 33, her choice of outfit is quite different from that of her 25 year old sister. |
| 1922 | |
| 1923 | |
| The wedding of my Great Aunt Elsie Slater to William (Bill) Smith in 1923. My Grandfather William aged 27 - the only one of the bride's brothers present - is seated right & the bride's parents Robert Slater & Emily (nee Howard) on the left. The other ladies & girls are the bride's sisters. |
| 1927 | |
| Hilda was my paternal grandmother and is pictured here with her husband on their wedding day in 1927. They were married at St. Michael's Church in Eastbourne. Thomas, who worked as a chauffeur, died of nephritis on Christmas Day 1936. |
| 1928 | |
| My grandparents Emma Mckegg and Thomas Kellert 1928 York. |
| 1929 | |
| My parental grandparents group photo |
| 1929 | |
| Again my paternal grandparents - I love this photo just for itself |
| 1929 | |
| Rose and Bert outside her father's pub at East Wittering, she had been in service, and he was the village carpenter. She was 34 at the time of her marriage. |
| 1929 | |
Childrens Clothing
| 1920 | |
| My mother was the little girl with the bucket and spade. |
| 1922 | |
| The dress was knitted by my great grandmother. |
| 1922 | |
| 1922 | |
| St James Girls School, Collyhurst. My mum is the back row, end right in white pinafore. |
| 1923 | |
| St James Girls School, Collyhurst. My mum is in the 2nd row, 5th from the right. |
| c1924 | |
| Photo of my mother and siblings - Docklands, Cardiff. |
| 1924 | |
| 1925 | |
| The girls' grandmother (b1850) lived with them and had been a seamstress. She made all their knickers (not visible!) in the style of her own girlhood, with a flap that buttoned onto the waistband - this resulted in "accidents" for the younger girls who found the fastenings difficult. The old lady died in 1938. |
| 1929 | |
| Uncle Fred Thompson. His shoes look like "girls" style. |
| 1929 | |
Other
| 1920/1921 | |
| Whitsuntide walks through Manchester. My mother's eldest and youngest sisters - Amelia & Maud. |
| 1921 | |
| Typical Sunday best dress of a lady of the era. |
| Mid 1920s | |
| Bluebird amateur entertainment troupe from Nelson, Lancashire. |
