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Children's Clothes |
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Children's Clothes |
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| Boys wore short trousers, long socks, sandals or boots, a shirt and tie (usually a school tie often knitted), worn with a v-neck jumper and a jacket or school blazer. The whole outfit was finished off with a cap, usually from school or the Cubs. |
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| Girls wore cotton frocks (dresses) in summer and gym-slips and blouses in winter were standard,, worn with long socks or lisle stockings, sandals or shoes, topped with cardigans or jumpers, and either a school beret or a hat (straw in summer, felt in winter). |
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| Both boys and girls had
underpants/knickers and vests. Pyjamas or Nightie and usually a dressing gown
were also needed. There was no such thing as tissues so handkerchiefs were needed |
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| If you wanted to buy new clothes you had to pass over COUPONS. Each item was worth so many of these. Every man, woman, child was allowed 48 coupons per year. |
| Item | Coupons | Item | Coupons |
| Overcoat or Raincoat | 7 | Girl's Dress | 5 |
| Jacket or Blazer | 6 | Pyjamas / Nightie/Dressing Gown (each) | 6 |
| Boy's Trousers | 6 | Cardigan, Jumper or Sweater | 5 |
| Girl's Gym Tunic /skirt | 4 | Underpants/ Knickers/Vests/ (each) | 2 |
| Boy's Shirt Girl's blouse | 4 | Gloves/ Cap /Hat /Scarf (each) | 2 |
| Child's Shoes/Boots/Sandals | 2 | Socks, Stockings, Ties & Hankies (each) | 1 |
| I work in the tank factory every day. When I come home I do the washing. I get very tired. What I wash tonight will NOT be dry for tomorrow ... ( I haven't got a tumble dry machine ... I haven't got a washing machine and I get fed up of the mangle!! ) |
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I'm going to take the children to buy some new clothes. We are going to use up a whole years' worth of coupons at one go!! Click on me .... I've got an EXCEL spreadsheet exercise for you. How would YOU spend your coupons? |
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