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.
1920s/30s
Submitted by Jen~Ealogy
My grandmothers sister, her husband and 2 daughters. Taken late 1920's early 1930's..

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.

Wedding Attire

1920
Submitted by Breckland Jane
My great uncle & aunt married in Yorkshire.
1922
Amelia and Percy. Submitted by Jill on the A272
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. Submitted by Jill on the A272
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
The Bride and Groom. Submitted by Tom Tom
1923
Wedding Party. Submitted by Ex Pat in Oz
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
Thomas and Hilda 1927. Submitted by Velma Dinkley
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
Wedding. Submitted by vanessa tallon
My grandparents Emma Mckegg and Thomas Kellert 1928 York.
1929
A Brighton Wedding. Submitted by McAnne in Kent
My parental grandparents group photo
1929
A Brighton Couple. Submitted by McAnne in Kent
Again my paternal grandparents - I love this photo just for itself
1929
Adela Rose Steel and Herbert Crisp. Submitted by Jill on the A272
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
Submitted by Jill on the A272

Childrens Clothing

1920
Beachwear. Submitted by Anniern
My mother was the little girl with the bucket and spade.
1922
My Mother Age 1. Submitted by Katarzyna.
The dress was knitted by my great grandmother.


1922
Gwen and Charles. Submitted by Cherry Tradewell.
c1924
Working Class Family. Submitted by Liz from Lancs.
Photo of my mother and siblings - Docklands, Cardiff.


1924
My Great Aunt Betty. Submitted by Tom Tom.
1925
Working Class Country Girls. Submitted by Jill on the A272.
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 Aged 3 Submitted by Yummy-Mummy Amy
Uncle Fred Thompson. His shoes look like "girls" style.
1929
Submitted by Katarzyna

Other

1921
Sunday Best. Submitted by Langley Vale Sue.
Typical Sunday best dress of a lady of the era.
Mid 1920s
Entertainers. Submitted by Jill on the A272
Bluebird amateur entertainment troupe from Nelson, Lancashire.