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Clothes & shoes of yesteryear
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Williamstreeter
master brummie
think i started out looking girlie and was dressed accordingly especially on day trips out or our yearly holidays in wales but by the time i got to about 6 our mom gave up as i started my phase of being a tomboy then...by the time i had reached about 11 i was the only girl member in our gangsilly dresses and frilly socks were out and this continued up until i reached about 15/16 and started noticing boys as a bit more than one of the gang
by which time i was allowed to grow my hair long..mom always kept us girls in short hair styles but i think she was glad to see the feminine side coming out lol...from then on it was hot pants..mini skirts and knee high white pvc boots...happy days...here are a few of taken from the earliest one in dads arms in paddington st..pic 2 paddington st back garden...pic 3 paddington st garden..pic 4 think handsworth park..pic 5 dudley zoo..no pics of my teenage years ...being the eldest of 6 dad took a lot of photos of us kids up until baby
4 came along by which time family photos became few and far between i would guess because we could not afford a camera so easily
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lyn
Great Pics Lyn
Williamstreeter
master brummie
mw0njm did you have to have this colour ?
lmr3103
master brummie
As I was an only child Lyn, Mom did have the time and patience to teach me how to knit but these days we don't have the time the older generation did to do so much knitting. Well we have other things to fill up our time, put it that way. My mom always had knitting on the go. She knitted me cardigans, skirts, clothes for my dolls, blankets etc. Even the dog had a patchwork blanket made from left over wool!
oh how lovely lynn...mom did try to teach me to follow patterns but i only got as far as knitting plain and pearl ..the only thing i managed to knit was west bromwich albion scarf then i put the letters WBA on it in chain stitch lol
ln
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
beggers cant be choosers, my grandad give them me. no doubt nan put the whites and colours together in the wash
lmr3103
master brummie
Lyn I would have appreciated your post untill I saw the letters WBA...
Lynn (Villa fan! )
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
The first photo you sent down in the arms of I presume your father you are the spitting image of your grandson especially your eyes !!!think i started out looking girlie and was dressed accordingly especially on day trips out or our yearly holidays in wales but by the time i got to about 6 our mom gave up as i started my phase of being a tomboy then...by the time i had reached about 11 i was the only girl member in our gang
4 came along by which time family photos became few and far between i would guess because we could not afford a camera so easily
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Radiorails
master brummie
You were fortunate in that was all that was said and done. You wouldn't have got into the classroom at my schools.i was always getting told off for wearing my balaclava in class.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
prob not. nuff saidYou were fortunate in that was all that was said and done. You wouldn't have got into the classroom at my schools.
Radiorails
master brummie
I guess some girls would be reluctant to mention those occasions.
Must be one of the worst ever clothing ideas: knitted swimming costumes. Once the wool was loaded with water, well who knows where it would end up ! And as for getting it dry, well how long you got ?
How man-made fibres revolutionised all that. Where would sportswear be today without Lycra ? Viv.
How man-made fibres revolutionised all that. Where would sportswear be today without Lycra ? Viv.
Williamstreeter
master brummie
Bob I don't think any of the young ladies on the forum would admit to wearing one and looking like a complete div once they were wet.
topcrickets
proper brummie kid
I found the old magazine... The fashion of that era?
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
the missing postman.
Smudger
master brummie
Looks like he`s got a ferret somewhere in his cozzie.
Jeannie
master brummie
SmethwickGirl
Boing Boing!!
First post so please be gentle.
Goodness, where to start? I was a child of the 70's, teenager in the 80's. I used to wear a lot of dresses as a small girl, which I hated being a tomboy from a early age, mom eventually gave up and I mostly wore jeans and t shirts, though I did have a couple of pretty dresses for "best",my favourite being a brown Victorian style drsss, with a patterned pinafore over the top of it, it being the mid 70's and such things being very fashionable (think Laura Ashley). My hair was short, I originally had hair long enough to sit on and played up terribly when it came to having it washed, brushed for school as my hair is naturally very thick and wavy, mom eventually had enough of the battles, and took me to the hairdressers in Stony Lane Smethwick and had my hair cut short. My dad who loved my long hair was not impressed, but I loved it.
Time went by and I discovered the four main lives of my teenage life, fashion, music, boys and West Brom. I had my first high heels when I was 13, they hurt so much, but, on I loved them. Then I became a second wave mod at the very end of the 70's and for a time raided my mom's wardrobe for her original 60's mini skirts, tops and especially her stilettos. It not really surprising that my feet are wrecked today wearing
them most evenings! I also used to shop in the Rag Market, buying original stuff from there, I also loved C&A, Chelsea Girl and DottyP (Dorothy Perkins), buying school uniform and bags from there.
I then started to love New Romantic stuff, and had the frilly sbirts, black pencil skirts, fishnets and lace up boots, topped off with a long overcoat brought from the Rag Market. Tons of eye make-up and stiffly gelled hair accompanied this look.
Eventually, I started to wear mostly jeans, leggings, t shirts, always long and baggy, and for work, long blazer jackets, pencil skirts and my beloved stilettos, my hair then was in the lovely (not) 80's perm with lots of blonde highlights and less eye make-up.
These days I basically still wear the same type of stuff, though my hair is short again now, mostly leggings, jeans, flat shoes or boots, long tops, my beloved biker jacket and hardly any make up.
No photos, sadly. Mom has most of the child ones and she's in South Wales these days, and the teenage/early 20's ones got binned! The memories are enough.
Goodness, where to start? I was a child of the 70's, teenager in the 80's. I used to wear a lot of dresses as a small girl, which I hated being a tomboy from a early age, mom eventually gave up and I mostly wore jeans and t shirts, though I did have a couple of pretty dresses for "best",my favourite being a brown Victorian style drsss, with a patterned pinafore over the top of it, it being the mid 70's and such things being very fashionable (think Laura Ashley). My hair was short, I originally had hair long enough to sit on and played up terribly when it came to having it washed, brushed for school as my hair is naturally very thick and wavy, mom eventually had enough of the battles, and took me to the hairdressers in Stony Lane Smethwick and had my hair cut short. My dad who loved my long hair was not impressed, but I loved it.
Time went by and I discovered the four main lives of my teenage life, fashion, music, boys and West Brom. I had my first high heels when I was 13, they hurt so much, but, on I loved them. Then I became a second wave mod at the very end of the 70's and for a time raided my mom's wardrobe for her original 60's mini skirts, tops and especially her stilettos. It not really surprising that my feet are wrecked today wearing
them most evenings! I also used to shop in the Rag Market, buying original stuff from there, I also loved C&A, Chelsea Girl and DottyP (Dorothy Perkins), buying school uniform and bags from there.
I then started to love New Romantic stuff, and had the frilly sbirts, black pencil skirts, fishnets and lace up boots, topped off with a long overcoat brought from the Rag Market. Tons of eye make-up and stiffly gelled hair accompanied this look.
Eventually, I started to wear mostly jeans, leggings, t shirts, always long and baggy, and for work, long blazer jackets, pencil skirts and my beloved stilettos, my hair then was in the lovely (not) 80's perm with lots of blonde highlights and less eye make-up.
These days I basically still wear the same type of stuff, though my hair is short again now, mostly leggings, jeans, flat shoes or boots, long tops, my beloved biker jacket and hardly any make up.
No photos, sadly. Mom has most of the child ones and she's in South Wales these days, and the teenage/early 20's ones got binned! The memories are enough.
Yes a nice account of the times, some of it all sounds so familiar. I too wore stilettos and heels for a long time, so now it’s bunions and backache ! I don’t think the most recent generations will have the same foot problems as they mostly seem to wear flat footwear, except when going out.
Viv.
Viv.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
my out door shoes.
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Hot pants and boots (yes, boots in summer). Wore hot pants in winter too (only one winter, as they went out of fashion). Wore a long black velvet coat with black velvet hot pants, with suede boots. Rubbish in snow, but who cared as long as you looked fashionable ? Viv.
Bob Davis
Bob Davis
Quick nurse the cold flannel and the screens, hot pants and boots, the fantasy is coming back. Actually I was to old by the time this was the fashion, bouffant skirts (if that is the right word) and high heels, that was the dress of the young lady when I was single.
Bob
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
oooooo love the chariot. which one is you Viv?@