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fashionsfromhistory · 24 hours

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Utility Dress

1940s

Even in wartime there was still time for dinner, dancing and other special occasions; time for the 1940s woman to get dressed up and go out on the town. This elegant dress is dusky pink and made from polyester with sequins and embroidered flower details. It was worn in the daytime, or in the evening with a jacket or coat, and a hat. This dress is simple and plain in design, with a round neck, slightly gathered waist and a calf-length skirt. This dress is called a Utility Dress because it was made under the Utility Scheme. This scheme was introduced in 1941 when the British Government rationed clothes. Since there was less fabric available, clothes had to be simpler and plainer in design. The government provided clothes patterns to tailors and factories to make clothes that followed their rules. The rules limited the amount of fabric that could be used, along with a limit on the number of buttons, pleats and pockets. Inside the dress is the label 'CC41' which stands for Civilian Clothing 1941. This shows that the dress was from a government-approved pattern in 1941. The government involved famous fashion designers to make the Utility designs popular. Hardy Amies and Norman Hartnell were among those 1940s designers who created streamlined and stylish dresses with the CC41 Utility Mark. This dress was worth 7 clothing coupons in wartime. (A coat was worth 14, while a pair of socks was 1 coupon.) In 1941, each person had 66 coupons for the year.

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haveyouplayedthisttrpg · 1 day

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Have you played UPRIVER, DOWNRIVER

By Ella Watts

All you’ve ever known is the Great River.

Gather your crew and swear a magical Oath — to each other, to your ship, and to your goal to reach the Source of the River or cross the horizon of the Sea. No one has ever found the Source and no one has ever come back from the Sea. Journey to four locations along the River, each tied to one of the major arcana, never moving backwards and never lingering for more than 72 hours, but impacting life on the River all the same.

Your time on the River is short, but that it is insignificant.

Upriver, Downriver uses a combination of polyhedral dice and tarot cards to guide the narrative through four to twelve 3-4 hour sessions.

#ttrpg #tabletop rpg #poll #poll time #2020s #united kingdom #upriver downriver #indie ttrpg

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ukfanpage · 2 days

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I found another photo where they are very close... some people says that George V and his wife Mary were "stiff and cold" persons, but I dont think so, or at least, not when they were out of the public's eyes.

#united kingdom #uk monarchy #queen mary of teck #king george v #rare photos #british royal family #england #love #brf

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africanrefugeeswelcome · 3 days

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Images that tell a story, we've seen this film many times, a British woman who feels good surrounded by black people, goes to African bars and clubs because she feels good in this environment. She also sympathizes and supports black movements and social actions and organizations that fight for the rights of African immigrants and the black cause, and it is in this context, immersed in black culture that she falls in love with a black man who is everything she ever dreamed of, and When she least expects it, she is already giving birth to black children and is proud of the path she has taken and becomes a symbol of a warrior woman who fights against racism and xenophobia

#british woman #united kingdom #mixed pregnancy #interracial pregnancy #blacklivesmatter #refugees welcome #africanrefugees #africanrefugeeswelcome #mixed babies #mixed family #white mother

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life-spire · 3 days

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#curators on tumblr #wanderlust #li_destinations #travel #explore #london #england #united kingdom #bridge #architecture #europe #city #cityscape #buildings

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thepastisalreadywritten · 3 days

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#Queen Elizabeth II #Her Majesty The Queen #British Royal Family #US-UK relations #United States #United Kingdom #inspiration #legacy #public service #constitutional monarchy

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ancientorigins · 2 days

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The Children’s Crusade is one of the more unusual events that occurred in Medieval England. In the year 1212, tens of thousands of self-proclaimed, unarmed crusading children set out from northern France and western Germany to regain Jerusalem from the Muslims.

#medieval england #united kingdom #the childrens crusade #history #ancient #ancient origins

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wandering-jana · 4 hours

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Isle of Skye, Scotland

#isle of skye #scotland #waterfalls #waterfall #nature #nature photography #landscape #landscape photography #original photography #photographers on tumblr #photography #lensblr #optoutside #united kingdom #great britain #travel #wanderingjana

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albedoloveyouuu · 22 hours

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Made my own Ben 10 dimension!!

Ben 11 (Dimension 11) is based on British high schools and England.

The characters were inspired by my classmates, who were unbearable and annoying. I will try to give them better looks to make them seem more British.

Pls recommend other characters for me to redesign, I'm currently working on Kevin and Gwen!

Please don't judge I was super bored at school and I love making ocs.

#ben 10 #ben 10 omniverse #ben 10 series #albedo #ben 10 albedo #ben tennyson #ben 10 fanart #ben ten #britain #united kingdom #great britain #oc #oc art #my ocs #my art #artists on tumblr #drawing

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witchywitchy · 4 months

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The fact that we, Arabic-speaking average people(aka non-journalists), have to keep up with translating Palestinian posts from Arabic to English to avoid having Western Media/Pro-Zionists mistranslate on purpose, says enough about how we all lost trust in the media. From the "there's a list" guy who was standing in front of a calendar and condemning the days of the week, to the BBC's mistranslation of a freed Palestinian hostage's interview. I will try my best to keep translating whatever I can find, and I encourage my fellow bilingual/multilingual Arabs to do the same. It's already sad enough that Palestinian journalists and even children have to use English in videos instead of their native tongue in order to get the world leaders' attention.

Please keep speaking about Palestine.