English Boys' Clothes: Regional Trends--Cumbria


Figure 1.--This historical images shows Kendal in Cumbria, the gateway to the Lakes. The photograph was taken at Collin Croft Yard in 1914. Click on the image to see a sccne at Highgate, also in Kendal in 1914.

Cumbria is located in northwestern England. It is a modern administrative creation from the old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, and part of North Lancashire, and is now England's second largest county in size. It is one of the England's most beautiful counties and location of Lake District National Park. The Park is an area some 30 miles across and contains England's highest mountains (four over 3,000 ft), and some of the biggest lakes. There are also many old traditional towns and villages. Hopefully our British readers will tell us more about Cumbria. The image here shows a scene in Kendal in 1914. Note that boys were still wearing sailor suits (figure 1). As in much of England, chool caps, flat caps, Eton collars, and knickers were common in the era before World War I. We note a scene in Ulverston during 1912 showing typical English boys wear. Cumbrian children like other children enjoyed the lakes and boating. The children do no seem to have changed their clothes much for boating and there were no life preservers to be seen in a photogragh taken at Newby Bridge in 1914.








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Created: November 10, 2003
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