General Everyday Clothing

1861 - 1870

2nd Great Aunt Elizabeth Lock. Submitted by Katarzyna	Elizabeth was born in 1824. This photo was taken in the early 1860's. Note the hair covers her ears; in the late 1860's the ears were shown. She is also wearing "engageantes" - false white detacheable sleeves which were easily removed for laundering. These were introduced during the 1850's.

1871 - 1880

Elizabeth Ann Badcock nee Hawes 1814-77. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Elizabeth was born in 1814, and was a well off grocer's wife. This photo was taken in Margate in the 1870's, presumably on holiday as she lived in New Cross, south London. The dress is silk, with detachable lace collar. The chain appears to be for a watch as is goes into a tiny pocket.

1874
Mother and child. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Sarah aged 25 was both daughter and wife of Lancshire weavers, she is holding her second child. Her dress is ornamented with a knobbly V shaped braid at the neck, the three ruffles at the bottom of the dress are only slightly gathered, a sign of less wealth as more expensive clothes had more ornamental decoration. With only two children at this time she would have more money for clothing than later in her short life, although she may have borrowed the dress for the photograph.

c1880
Edward and Sarah Stark. Submitted by Wendy Pusey

c1880
William Henry Thomas. Submitted by Wendy Pusey

c1880
Ellen Powell. Submitted by Wendy Pusey

1881 - 1890

c1888-1893
Middle class lady late 80s-early90s. Submitted by Jill on the A272	The tight fitting bodice echoes male styles of the time with an open jacket with waistcoat underneath worn over a high necked blouse. The waistcoat would probably be a front only, joined to the jacket at the side seams, the jacket cuffs match the waistcoat fabric. The sleeve line at the shoulder was the precursor to the very full leg of mutton sleeves that followed in the later 1890s.

1891 - 1900

2nd Great Aunt Elizabeth Paternoster. Submitted by Katarzyna	Elizabeth b 1843 married her cousin John Paternoster, a gamekeeper so they were a working class family.The photo would have been taken in early 1890's. Plain suits with little ornamentation except perhaps a brooch on the collar and the hair tied back in a bun with no fringe was the order of the day.

Great Aunt Emma Beadon Sporle. Submitted by Katarzyna	Emma, b 1876, married Jacob Stechmann a tailor in West Ham in 1898 but I believe this photo to have been taken in 1895-6. Collars were high and with a ruffle or lace under the stiff outer. Emma's father was a sailor and then a railway porter so again they were a working class family.

c1895
File:Ladies dress c 1895 marg in burton.jpg Submitted by Margaret in Burton	An 1895 day dress with a beautiful beaded yoke .

File:Ladies dress late 1890's marg in Burton.jpg Submitted by Margaret in Burton	A ladies dress from the late 1890's

Shooting Party c 1895. Submitted by Katarzyna	Ezekiel Paternoster b 1810 (far rhs with bushy white beard) was my 2nd Great Grandfather. He was an agricultural labourer on an estate in Rushmere St Andrew, Suffolk. The hip length capes of the ladies are very masculine and functional as befitted their country style of living. However, this was the era of La Belle Epoque and in high society the capes were embellished with embroidery, lace and beading etc and were much more frivolous in appearance. The double layered cape worn by the 3rd lady from the left was introduced in 1894. The little round hats that they are wearing date from late 1880's.

Late 1890s
Late 1890s dress bodice. Submitted by Jill on the A272.	The dress, in silk, has "leg of mutton" sleeves ruched at the top and decorated with blue velvet. The bodice is hand stitched and mounted on a boned calico lining, fastening with 12 hooks hidden by the front pleating. Some gores of the original skirt remain and this was lined with stiff cotton net and trimmed with the same velvet. Another bodice once existed (one sleeve picured below which also shows the original colour), although all that remains is the left front, as it the dress was given by an elderly lady to a young woman to be unpicked for reuse during the 1940s.

1900
File:Everyday wear about 1900 marg in burton.jpg Ready for work. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	This gentleman is ready for a days work. Note the shirt has no collar.

1898
Sunday Best. Submitted by LangleyValeSue

c1898
File:Rachel scand bale.jpg c1898. Submitted by Rachel Scand

1901 - 1910

c1902
Submitted by Jill on the A272	Taken around the time of her marriage. Her bodice is similar in style to the colour photo of a bodice in my possession illustrated above for the late 1890s.

1909
Everyday Clothing. Submitted by Pat Hope	My Father is the small boy pictured at the front, on the right.

1910
25th Wedding Anniversary. Submitted by Katarzyna	This photo shows the younger ladies wearing simple skirts and blouses. Often they were worn with a straw boater or wide brimmed hats for very special occasions. I think Grandma was left back in the 1890's!!

1910
File:Ladies clothing c1910 marg in burton.jpg Submitted by Margaret in Burton

1909
Submitted by Katarzyna

1911 - 1920

1913
Steel family skirts and blouses. Submitted by Jill on the A272	The seated, older lady favours a more structured blouse with a high collar while her stepdaughters favour soft collars and a less corseted look. Harty (right) has a more masculine style, her tie has a tiepin with an "H", she also wears a wristwatch.

1913
Steel family blouses. Submitted by Jill on the A272	The eldest sister (left) keeps a high collar while her younger sisters prefer lower collars.

1915
File:General Wear 1915 Marg in Burton.jpg Submitted by Margaret in Burton	My husbands Great Aunt born in 1896 .

1917
Submitted by LangleyValeSue	Baby girl aged 1 year, boy aged 3 years.

1917
Middle class welsh lady's blouse. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Beatrice aged 33 has mixed the newer fashion of soft collared more open necked blouse with a high necked lace or net one underneath, maybe just for "modesty" as her husband was 20 years her senior.

1918
File:Ladies everyday clothing about 1918 Margaret in burton.jpg Submitted by Margaret in Burton	My grandmother wearing everyday clothing of the late 1900's. Note the stout shoes.

c1919
Submitted by Wendy Pusey	My grandmother and her children, in their normal everyday clothes.

1921 - 1930

1923
Family Group. Submitted by Katarzyna	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.

1926
File:General Wear 1926 Marg in Burton.jpg Submitted by Margaret in Burton	This photo was taken in 1926 in Church Gresley Derbyshire, during the General Strike. The man in the cap with his back to the camera is my husbands Grandfather. The picture was taken at the soup kitchen.

1930's
File:Everyday wear late 1930's marg n Burton.JPG Everyday Clothing. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	This photo shows the two ladies wearing ordinary everyday clothing in 1930's England.

1929
Submitted by Katarzyna

1931 - 1940

1940
Submitted by LangleyValeSue

File:Everyday wear 1930-1940 Margaret in burton.jpg The Pinny! Submitted by Margaret in Burton

Submitted by Rachel Scand	This Picture was taken in Ireland in 1932.

1934
File:Everday clothing 1930 marg in burton.JPG Everyday wear. Submitted by Margaret in Burton.	This Picture was taken on the beach at Blackpool.

File:Everday wear 1930 marg in burton.JPG Submitted by Margaret in Burton	Unsure of the date of this picture. My mother is the child at the front and she was born in 1923

1941 - 1950

1941
Submitted by Katarzyna

1944
Everyday clothing. Submitted by Langley Vale Sue

1946
Submitted by LangleyValeSue	Although the photo was taken in England, the man's clothing was bought in his native Canada.

1947
Working class man. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Newly married, he stands outside the marital home, a former Canadian wartime temporary barrack in Sussex. His pullover was knitted by his wife.

1948
Submitted by Katarzyna

1951 - 1960

Submitted by Pat Hope	My mum Anne Gleaves on the left with Dad's sister Muriel Gleaves

1951
1951.Submitted by Katarzyna

1954
Submitted by Katarzyna

1956
Submitted by Katarzyna

1957
Submitted by LangleyValeSue	This was taken on my grandmother's first visit to England since she emigrated to Canada in 1911. Note the hat - even on a trip to Chessington Zoo!

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