Family Tree Forum Costume Gallery 1920s

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General Everyday Clothing

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

c1920
Ernest Douglas & Robina (nee Killingbeck. Submitted by Ex Pat in Oz	I love his shoe laces, apparantly he used to iron them.

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

1927
Submitted by Little Moo	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
c1927 Submitted by kathsgirl.48	My Grandma's brother, Sidney Davis, wife Maud and their daughter.

C1928
Reginald Augustine Slade. Submitted by Kathsgirl.48	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?

1929
Submitted by Katarzyna

1929
c1929 Submitted by kathsgirl.48	My Grandfather's sister Mary Frances Atwell, nee Slade, and husband John.

Hats and Accessories

1922
A Selection of Hats. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Hats worn by some older ladies.

1922
1922 Hats. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Some of the younger ladies' hats.

1922
A Further Selection of Hats from 1922. Submitted by Jill on the A272

Boots and Shoes

1929
Best Shoes. Submitted by Jill on the A272

Uniforms

from 1921 onward

RAF Officers Full Dress Uniform. Submitted by Bo the Bodger

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
Army. Submitted by Wendy Pusey	Sydney Pusey pictured in 1927, served in the Somerset Light Infantry.

1927
Police Constable Submitted by Tom Tom	My great grandfather, Thomas Arthur Goode.

1928
Royal Air Force Officers Submitted by Bo the Bodger	My grandfather Owen Pigott

1929
219th Howitzer Battery of Territorials. Submitted by Wendy Pusey	My father who rode the horses as a brake man, is the 2nd man from the right, back row.

Workwear

c1920
Workwear. Submitted by LangleyValeSue	James Williams was a carter living and working in Culworth, Northants.

Sportswear

1920
Swimsuit. Submitted by Jill on the A272.	Worn by a young woman from Brighton, Sussex.

c1920
Swimwear. Submitted by Judith M.	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
Sportwear. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	My great grandfather (seated far right) and the Burton Albion, Tug of War team.

1920s
Sportwear. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	Burton Albion Tug of War team.

1926
Camberwell Central School. Submitted by Langley Vale Sue	This is Camberwell Central School, London, cricket team, taken in 1926. They were Premier Cricket Champions that year.