Hughenden Manor is one of our favourite localish National Trust properties and having stumbled across their 1940s weekend last year, I was pleased to see that it was being run again in September.
This year, with a little forward planning, I wore vintage-style clothing … the trousers need at least one pocket. (I bought my outfit here.)
Like last year, I plucked up my courage and asked strangers if I could photograph them – a young lady who looked like she might be on her way to meet her pilot boyfriend, Captain Mainwaring reading the {original} newspaper from 31 January 1944, two lads from the Paras, a lady keeping the home fires burning and a singing trio.
We all had such a great day that I’m sure this annual revival weekend will become a permanent fixture for us. Perhaps I’ll be able to persuade The Brainy One and The Boy Child to dress up next year …
That looks like it would be fun. I always liked the hair styles from the 40’s.
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It was a great day out!
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Oh how FUN – you look fabulous! And it looks like it was a beautiful day out!
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Thank you! It was a brilliant day out. 🙂
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You look amazing Ruth – how lovely to enter into the spirit of the day and join in with your outfit choice! I’m not sure how easy it will be to convince a teenage TBC to dress up next year though unless he could maybe be a fighter pilot!
Love that photo of the ladies in red.
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Thanks! I thought he might be persuaded by the idea of a pilot or an evacuee. 🙂
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