History The clothes worn by your grandparents when they were your age were different from the clothes you wear today When your grandparents were young many of the fabrics now used to make clothes had not been invented ID: 137452
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Clothes in the past
HistorySlide2
The clothes worn by your grandparents when they were your age were different from the clothes you wear today. When your grandparents were young, many of the fabrics now used to make clothes had not been invented.
Photographs from the past show adults dressed in more formal clothes. Men usually wore suits with waistcoats. They also wore hats outdoors. People liked to dress up for events like agricultural shows and race meetings
.Slide3Slide4
Children's clothes in the early twentieth century were also very different from those you wear today. Boys wore short trousers and in winter they wore overcoats. Girls wore dresses, often with cardigans or jumpers over them. Boys did not wear long trousers until they were teenagers, and girls did not wear trousers at all. In winter, girls often wore woollen tights and socks to keep warm.Slide5Slide6
Sportswear was very different in the past. It was usually made from white cotton. The skirts and shorts were longer and looser than the type of sportswear you have today.Slide7Slide8
In the first half of the twentieth century, clothes were made mostly from natural fibres like wool, cotton, linen and silk. Man-made fabrics for leisure wear and sportswear, like T-shirts, hoodies and tracksuits did not come into their own until the 1960s. The arrival of new synthetic fabrics like nylon, acrylic and
lycra
led to the manufacture of more casual clothes and sportswear.Slide9
In our grandparents' time, children wore clothes in the same style as adults.
Boys wore a shirt and tie. They wore short trousers.
Girls wore dresses and shirts.Slide10
Farming family 1947Slide11
They all wore warm woollen overcoats and caps for outdoors in cold weather.Slide12
Our grandparents' clothes were made in natural materials like wool and cotton. Sometimes their clothes were made at home or in the local dressmakers. They were expensive to buy or
make.
Clothes
were often passed down from older brothers or sisters or cousins. Often, their mammies fixed the holes and tears that playing and working made in trousers and skirts.Slide13
Now, clothes are made in factories. Often these factories are in China or
India.
New
man-made materials like polyester are used. They are cheaper and new clothes are bought much more often
.
When
clothes get too small they are often sent to a charity shop or to a Bring centre where they can be reused.Slide14Slide15
Fill in the gapsSlide16
When our parents were young, children began to wear more casual clothes. They still dressed in similar styles of clothes to adults.
Now children have their own style of clothes. They wear different clothes for different activities. Modern clothes are bright and comfortable
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When our grandparents went to school, many children did not wear school uniforms. Instead they wore their own clothes to school every day.
Boys wore short trousers with braces and a shirt. Girls wore a skirt or a dress with a blouse. Both boys and girls wore woolly jumpers or cardigans in the winter.Slide20Slide21
That was
a photograph of pupils from a National School in County Roscommon. It was taken in 1949. What are some boys at the front wearing on their feet? What are the girls wearing in their hair? What ages do you think these children
were? Do you think the clothes they are wearing are nice? Do you think school would have been much harder back then?
Most
school children wear a uniform to show that they belong to the same school. School uniforms come in all different styles and colours. Most school uniforms have a shirt, a tie and a jumper or a cardigan.Slide22Slide23
This
old photograph shows young boys running home from school in their bare feet. Long ago children often went to school in the summertime with no shoes on. In winter, children wore woolly knee socks with shoes or boots.
Look at the
photo.
What
time of the year was it?
Would you think their clothes was suitable for the time of year?
What are some of the boys carrying?
Are their schoolbags different to yours?
How do you think these boysSlide24
Grandparents clothes
When our grandparents were young most people did not have as much money as they have
today.
People
did not shop for clothes often as we do today
.
Many
children wore clothes that were handed down from older brothers, sisters or
cousins.
Clothes
were usually bought in the local drapery shop or at a market or fair
.
Sometimes
they were hand-made at home
.Slide25Slide26
When our grandparents were young most places had a local dressmaker, tailor and shoemaker
.
Tailors
and shoemakers, like the woman in this photograph, would make clothing and shoes from local materials for small amounts of money. What do you think this woman is making? Is it a shoe or a scarf?Slide27
Making clothes at home
Socks and jumpers were often hand-knitted in the home by the mammy or the granny of the family. Knitting, sewing and other crafts, such as crochet, were also used to make clothing for babies
and
toddlers
.
Some homes still had a spinning wheel like this one. It was used for turning a sheep's fleece into long threads of wool
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Shopping at the fair day
Long ago some people bought their clothes at a fair day. This was a day when animals or farm crops were sold in a town
.
The fair day was a very important day for both the people of the countryside and the people of the town. Everyone enjoyed selling and buying all sorts of things at the fairs. Many people bought new or second-hand clothes at stalls at the markets.Slide30Slide31
Shopping in the city
At special times, our grandparents might have visited the nearest big town or city to do some shopping.
The shops in the big towns sold wonderful items such as good shoes and brightly coloured coats. It was a very special treat to go shopping in the city.Slide32Slide33Slide34
Grafton street shopping
Did
you see the large blinds over the shop windows? They are called awnings. In the past awnings were used to stop the sun damaging the items in the shop windows.