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The Very Short History of Granddad’s Moustache

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Who doesn’t want to know the history of their grandfather’s moustache? I hadn’t realised the relevance of this topic until trying to trace the history of Joseph Taylor Dinnis during World War 1. It began when I looked back at … Continue reading →

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Male and Female Hats in the 1920s and 30s

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Looking at my photographs of family members in hats, it strikes me that women like to wear the same style as everyone else but men wear whatever they want to and aren’t bothered if it’s the same style as the … Continue reading →

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The Fashion For Gentlemen’s Hats

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

The Fashion For Gentlemen’s Hats – 1926 I found this photograph of my grandfather, his brother-in-law and …. the man who married his wife’s sisters daughter… It was the hats that drew me in. I hadn’t given men’s fashion a … Continue reading →

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The Fashion for Hats in 1931

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

I find I have suddenly become quite obsessed by hats as I look through some photographs of my grandmother and her sisters. I only knew Nannie (Annie Cleeve) in her later years, so ‘fashion’ wasn’t a word I associated with … Continue reading →

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Summer 1931

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

84 years ago, and the summer of 1931 saw three of the Cleeve sisters in Brighton. It’s so nice seeing them in the place I have lived all my life. Brighton looks so … empty!  I’ve never seen it so … Continue reading →

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The Very Well Dressed Boy

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

Jack Douglas Dinnis was always very smartly dressed. We saw that in a previous post. Even when spending a day on the beach he looked immaculate. Here he is on Brighton beach on the 5th of August 1931, wearing his … Continue reading →

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Summer Fashion in the Family

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

During the short, cold winter days I really look forward to the longer, warmer days of summer. However as soon as we get the first really hot day I find I just can’t cope with it at all. All those … Continue reading →

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Yesterdays Selfies (part 2)

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

I received a lot of feedback on my post about ‘Yesterdays Selfies’ which looked at how various fashions, poses and hairstyles revealed a lot about the time the photograph was taken. A couple of websites in particular were very helpful … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Selfies

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Jackie Dinnis

These days if you’re on social media it can’t have escaped your notice that a lot of photographs look the same, head and shoulders shot taken from the same angle, people wearing the same style of clothes with similar hairstyles. … Continue reading →

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