Artwork : ArchiveNo00090

Night-Dress 1944

ContributionForm
Contributor Name	Dot Coley
Contributor Image	No_00090_-_Dot_Coley.jpg
Profession
Location	Fratton
Collection Date	22.02.08 10.20am
Artefact Name	Night-Dress
Artefact Description	White polyester, pink ribbon around the neck. Lace trimmings, short sleeves. Very pretty.
Artefact Date	1944
Artefact Stored	In drawer in bedroom
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	Nightie_Right_size_image.jpg
Sample Taken	Thread from inside the neck of the nightdress.
Sample Image
History of Artefact	Worn on wedding night, 10 April 1944. Not been worn since. 'The Buzz bombs (WWII) were fired across the Channel and they landed in random places. The worst bombing took place in 1941. Buzz bombs were remote controlled and not manned.' Historian
Historian	Catherine Smith
Previous Owners	None
Special Memories	'Looking at this night-dress it reminds me of all that happened in 1944. One night we had to go to the air-raid shelter in Stamshaw (Stanley Road). In the June of 1944 the house was bombed and there was a picture of our bedroom in the Evening News showing the bomb damage. This was the last Buzz bomb to hit Portsmouth. '
Artwork Image	00090fwb.jpg

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jpg	Nightie_Right_size_image.jpg	manage	23.9 K
jpg	No_00090_-_Dot_Coley.jpg	manage	28.5 K