Figure 1.-- Here we see an unidentified English family. The snapshot is undated, but we we think in was taken in the mid-1950s. They seemn to be a comfortable middle-class family. It looks to be family get together, apparently in grandmother's back garden. Back garden is the English term for back yard, yard being offensive in England. We see four children looking to be about 6-14 year olds. The boys look to be brothers. The girl may be a cousin. The boys are all dressed alike in casual summer wear, sleeveless sweaers, short-sleeved shirts, casual short pants, ankle socks, and closed-toe sandals. The sweaters may seem a bit unusual for summer, but in England there can be cool days even un the summer. Trainers (sneakers) were not yet very common, what the Britiuh call school sandals were very common summer footwear. Sneakers at the time were called plimsols, but were more for school gym than leisure wear, at least among middle-class families. They may have lost grandfather, unless he took the photoograph.

Here we see an unidentified English family. The snapshot is undated, but we we think in was taken in the mid-1950s. They seemn to be a comfortable middle-class family. It looks to be family get together, apparently in grandmother's back garden. Back garden is the English term for back yard, yard being offensive in England. We see four children looking to be about 6-14 year olds. The boys look to be brothers. The girl may be a cousin. The boys are all dressed alike in casual summer wear, sleeveless sweaers, short-sleeved shirts, casual short pants, ankle socks, and closed-toe sandals. Notice that the boys have buttioned their shirt collars even during the summer fior casual wear. The sweaters may seem a bit unusual for summer, but there can be cool days even in the summer, at least before global warming. Trainers (sneakers) were not yet very common, what the Britiuh call school sandals were very common summer footwear. Sneakers at the time were called plimsols, but were more for school gym than leisure wear, at least among middle-class families. They may have lost grandfather, unless he took the photoograph.

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