Whilst going through some old family photos left by me Grandmother, Hettie Bancroft, who herself was a keen photographer, I was struck by the variety of some of her outfits and in particular her head gear, which must have been the height of fashion at the time. I always remember her telling me once, she liked to keep up w'fashons of the time and how, having always had long hair tried up, she decided to go with the fashion of the time in the 1920 and took a trip to the hairdressers, without checking with her husband first, and had her hair ‘bobbed’and her long locks brought back in her shopping bag!. She said my Grandfather, John, “went mad at what she had done” but it was too late by then. This first photo shows Hettie before marriage in a studio setting, probably done to celebrate her coming of age at 21 years. The hat looks as though it might be a dead bird on her head!
The next photo is of her wedding to John, showing a beautiful wedding dress, which must have been the height of fashion at the time in 1911, but again what’s that on top of her hat?....another dead animal?
And now with the family on Blackpool beach in the 1930’s….but what’s that around a neck!....could it be a dead fox!
And finally, here is one of my favorite photos of my grandparents and family, together with some of their friends all enjoying a walk on the prom, again at Blackpool. Interesting all nine people , including Hettie, have ‘normal’ hats on and fur collar, and my grandfather, John, who for some reason is wearing a bowler hat!
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