Figure 1.--Here we see an English boy wearing a white short pants suit with white knee socks, we think during the 1950s. |
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We do not yet have much information on English First Communion outfits during the 19th Century and early-20th Century. Our English archive is fairly limited. We have found some images during the seciond-half of the 20th century. We note one school which had the boys wear this outfit. This would have been very inexpensive for the parents. This would have been helpful for working-class families. All parents had to do was to buy the white socks and footwear. The girls wear the standard junior wedding dresses commony worn in many countries for First Communion. Unlike the boys' outfit, this would have been an expensive purchase and one the girl would not have worn for other occassions. Some times regular shoes and sandals were worn. The boy on the previous page in 1973 is a good example, probably another school outfit (figure 1). For this outfit the parents would probably just have to buy the white socks as ordinary colored sandals were quite common.
We do not yet have much information on English First Communion outfits during the 19th Century. This is not unusual. We even have few First Communion for the United Statesand we have an extensive American archive.
We also do not have much information on English First Communion outfits during the early-20th century. We note boys wearing white short pants suits during the 1950s. We have found both individual portraits, luke the one here and school photographs. In some cases the boys are wearing white knee socks (figure 1). In other cases they are wearing ankle socks. Our English archive is fairly limited. We have found some images during the second-half of the 20th century. We note one school which had the boys wear basically their school uniform with a few white touches. This would have been very inexpensive for the parents. This would have been helpful for working-class families. All parents had to do was to buy the white socks and footwear. The girls wear the standard junior wedding dresses commonly worn in many countries for First Communion. Unlike the boys' outfits, this would have been an expensive purchase and one the girls would not have worn for other occassions. Some times regular shoes and sandals were worn. The boy on the previous page in 1973 is a good example, probably another school outfit (figure 1). For this outfit the parents would probably just have to buy the white socks as ordinary colored sandals were used.
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