![]() ![]() in the 20th Century “Sat talking about it – It’s like it was yesterday” Personal testaments of how women lived and organised their working lives years ago ... seen through their headscarves. placing your mouse over the main image will enlarge it for you; clicking the little headscarf logo will show it full screen - use F11. Page 1. * - * - * - * -* - *
Working
lives
Then, as now,
the woman who
did only one
job in her
life was the
exception to
the rule.
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1.
“My elder
sister’s first
job was at the
Waddington Glove
Factory in
Cottingham Road.
Like most working young women, they cycled everywhere proudly wearing their headscarves.”
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2. "My
Mum always wore
the turban when
she was doing
her house work.
It was just a
thing she’d done
all the time. She’d
put her curlers
in. She’s always
wears a
headscarf now;
she still likes
one, but she
wears it the
proper way now,
tied under her
chin. The Lily Bilocca look!” You
can read
Lily's
story, and that
of her friends,
all about their
tremendous fight
for safety at
sea for Hull's
fishermen in her
entry in Wikipedia
here. ![]()
Put
the triangle bit
at the front,
bring it round
bring it round
by your ears. Tie it and then loop that bit over onto where you just tied it and tuck it in.” ~*~
Here
is another
advice page
from MacMillian's
support pages
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4.
“We
looked down on
people with
Headscarves.
There was a
definite social
hierarchy. I
don’t mean
everybody, but
it was a social
thing. Factory
girls weren’t
like us, who
worked in shops
and offices. ![]()
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