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

Early 1870s
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

c1880
On holiday in Margate. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Jane was a leather factor's wife, though before her marriage she had been a braider employing 6 hands and later a children's dressmaker so she would have been capable of making the lace, tassels and multi layered trimmings that adorn her dress. She appears to be holding a piece of knitting or crochet work.

1881 - 1890

1881-2
Maria Crisp, wife of a wealthy grocer. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Maria's dress is heavily ornamented with "passmenterie" a form of decoration also used in furnishing at the time characterised by tassels, ruffles, braids and large ornamental buttons. The dress is drawn in to a bustle at the back. Her bodice is worn with a deep lace collar and she has a chatelaine pinned to her ample bosom with 4 chains tucked into a side pocket.	The photographers were in partnership from 1881, Maria died in 1882 which gives a relatively short period for this photograph to have been taken. A lady of her age may not have been up to date with the latest fashions, she seems have had the dress as "best" for a while. The family appear to have holidayed in Margate as her home at this time was in the village of Ightham, Kent.

c1880's
General every day Submitted by Pat Hope

c1890
General clothing Submitted by Tom Tom	My great great grandmother, Pattie Sophia Davenport

1891 - 1900

early 1890's
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.

c1893
Family Group. Submitted by Tom Tom	Revd. Arthur Simmonds Mammatt and his family. The boys were born in 1888 and 1890.

c1895
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 .

c1895
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.

c1897
Family Group Submitted by Pat Hope

1898
Sunday Best. Submitted by LangleyValeSue

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

1899
File:Everyday 1899 MIB.jpg Family Group. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	There are four generations of same family in this photograph. Baby, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. The old lady died in 1902 aged 95.

c1899
Family Group Submitted by Tom Tom

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

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

File:Everyday clothing 1920's MIB.jpg Everyday mens wear, Mid 1900's. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	Taken in the 1920's this chap was probably ready for work.

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.

1913
Young lady with her mother. Submitted by Tom Tom	Note that the mother still has a high collar whilst her daughter is wearing a softer lower collar.

1913
Family Group. Submitted by Tom Tom	My 2x great grandparents, Thomas and Alice Violet Connelly are sitting at the front.

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

c1915
Submitted by Tom Tom	The older couple are my 2x great grandparents, George Edwin and Jane Ann Gregory. Their daughter, Elizabeth Jane is far left and she is my great grandmother.

c1916
File:General Wear c1916 Rachel Scand.jpg Family Group Submitted by Rachel Scand	The girls were born in 1909 and 1910

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.

c1920
General Clothing Submitted by Tom Tom	My great grandmother, Dorothy Elizabeth Downes with her mother, Esther Downes (formerly Bradbury) .

1921 - 1930

c1921/22
Mother and Child Submitted by Rachel Scand

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.

1925
Young man b 1908. Submitted by Tom Tom

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.

1929
Submitted by Katarzyna

1931 - 1940

c1930
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

c1930
Everyday Wear Submitted by Tom Tom	My great great grandad John Gregory

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.

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

1932
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.

1937
File:Ladiesclothing1937 MIB.jpg Everyday wear. Submitted by Margaret in Burton.

1940
Submitted by LangleyValeSue

1941 - 1950

Submitted by Margaret in Burton	Everyday dress of the 1940's

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

File:Clothingearly1950s MIB.jpg Early 1950's. Submitted Margaret in Burton

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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