My Easter Bonnet
When I was a little girl, I got a new outfit for church on
Easter Sunday. That outfit was
"best" for the rest of the summer and I would wear it to church and
Sunday school and to special family occasions.
This is my Easter outfit from when I was about five or six.
I actually remember this - the dress had a sticky-out
petticoat and was white with blue flowers.
The coat was a light fabric and was blue with white edging. White ankle socks and sandals were
obligatory!
Look at the hat and bag!
I think I even had white gloves!
There used to be an old saying in Greenock about children who were well
dressed - "her Mammy keeps her nice" - well, on reflection, I think
that my Mum did "keep me nice".
I wonder how long I looked so perfect after this photo was taken?
Happy Easter one and all.
Love, Liz
Comments
If your mam is anything like mine was when I was little, you would not have dared to get your Sunday best frock dirty!
I wore the dreaded gloves too - plain white cotton ones with mother-of-pearl buttons in the 50s and pink, blue or white ones crocheted in some kind of stretch thread came into fashion in the 60s when I was about 6 or 7. I don't know which were worse! The white ones were always too long in the fingers for me so I dropped things and the crocheted ones left a sort of fishnet design embedded in the backs of my hands.
I loved the bonnets though and always had a new basket to match.
Briony
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A beautiful memory...Hugs Maria x