88/49/4

Dungarees or bib and brace overalls made of khaki drill. It has side button fastenings, adjustable straps and two front pockets.
One of a group of four pairs of dungarees or bib and brace overalls made of khaki drill. It has side button fastenings, adjustable straps and two front pockets.

1 pair of dungarees: drill material

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: OVERALLS - BIB & BRACE // Accession number: 88/49/1,2,3,4 // Classification: PERSONAL clothing garment // Negative number: 60/15748, 15751-53 // Acquisition method: GIFT // Acquired from: [...] AMPHILL, BEDFORD // Date: 14 June 1988 // Store: // Condition: good // Recorder: JMB // Date: 8.3.89 // Description: WOMEN'S LAND ARMY UNIFORM // 4 pairs of dungarees or bit & brace overalls made of khaki drill. They have side button fastenings, adjustable straps and two front pockets. // Inscripton: CA 24 // Dimensions: Length: 3 pairs approx: 120.0 cm // 1 pair approx 114.0 cm // Associated information: One pair of dungarees has the label still attached. Inscripton: ‘OVERALLS // BIB + BRACE DRILL// W.L.A.// SIZE SMALL// WAIST 24’’- 27’’// JOHN … + CO LTD // LIVERPOOL [broad arrow] 355 2958 A // References:', MERL miscellaneous note, Georgia Charitou, September 2014 – Objects 88/44-66 form part of the Doreen Thorp Collection of material relating to the Women’s Land Army. The collection consists of papers relating to the career or Doreen Thorp in the W.L.A. from 1939-47, as well as items of clothing which form part of a W.L.A. uniform. ‘, Transcription of information about Doreen Thorp – ‘Mrs. N. D. Warren (nee Thorp) 13.6.1923 – 3.1.1988. // In September 1939 I joined the Women’s Land Army and in October I started two months training at the Midland Agricultural College in poultry, milking (hand & machine), stock and general farm work.’, Photocopy of Printed Report - 'Hands On Learning with Reading Museum Service // Women's Land Army H542 // Bib and brace overalls // Bib and brace overalls, or dungarees, were part of the standard work uniform. [...]'

1939 - 1947