Sunday 20 April 2014

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

17 comments:

sky-blu-pink said...

Happy Easter, Liz! Love this photo. My Nana made my 'church dresses' or my sister and I matched with Marks and Spencer outfits in different colours. Old habits die hard though, I still dress 'up' to go to church!

Robyn of Oz said...

Gorgeous Liz!
If your mam is anything like mine was when I was little, you would not have dared to get your Sunday best frock dirty!

jenann said...

Oh, I remember those days! In my native Yorkshire people said 'She's nice kept child... all credit to her mother!'
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.

Paulette said...

You were adorable in your Easter outfit. We would get new outfits as well and the outfit included white gloves that were very dirty by the end of church. Happy Easter!

Anne said...

Lovely memories Liz. We always had new outfits for Whitsunday, which is now where our spring bank holiday falls.

Connie said...

Oh Liz. How adorable. Yep, our mammies tried but by the end of the day, if you were like me, hat askew, grass stained knees, one glove missing, chocolate mustache. Happy Spring my Friend!

Unknown said...

What lovely photos! Happy Easter, isn't it great to see some sun?! x

Patricia said...

Sunday best, yes I remember it well. And if you dared get a mark on your dress or scuffs on your shoes there'd be an almighty telling off! x

Curtise said...

What an adorable photo, Liz! My family didn't have any tradition of going to church or celebrating Easter, though we did get an Easter egg! Xxx

Emma Kate at Paint and Style said...

What an adorable photograph! Thanks for sharing. x

Vix said...

A lovely photo, what a sweet memory! x

September Violets said...

Love this sweet little photo! I just love the look of the kids fashions from back then. I always liked to keep my kids looking nice when they were small too, it made me feel good to have my kids clean and clothes in good repair! My dad (from UK) used to go on about how he and his cousins would always get a new Easter outfit ... oddly enough, he never bothered putting out the money to outfit us as kids the same way. Wendy x

crafty cat corner said...

Lovely photo, it took me back to when my Mum used to make all of my clothes, coats included and I looked somewhat like your photo.
Briony
x

Karen @ Beatrice Euphemie said...

Such sweet memories, Liz - you look the perfect Angel in your Easter outfit! I remember a similar one, my dress had lavender flowers with smocking and I wore it all year to 'special occasions'. I had the little white gloves, too. I always managed to lose one, though. xo Karen

camp and cottage living said...

You sure looked sweet in your finery! I would say your Mum kept you nice.

Maria said...

A sweet photo of you, liz and your Mama sounded very much like mine..
A beautiful memory...Hugs Maria x

miz-bag said...

amazing photograph x x