Another challenge for eagle-eyed RC'ers

[Nick29]

OK, here's a picture of my great aunt Alice who was born in Greenwich, London in 1905, pictured with her husband.  They married in Greenwich in 1929. 

Can anyone comment on......

Their odd clothing ?

Where the picture was taken (obviously a sea-side resort somewhere, possibly on the south coast) ?

Anything else that you notice ?

Thanks........ 

P.S. This was scanned by someone else - I don't have the original.

[Ruskie]

Fascinating photo Nick. What is Alice holding in her left hand? I can't make it out.

As well as the fact that they're wearing identical clothing, I've noticed that their shoes are also the same - and look quite pointed with an unusual band across the top, which brings to mind some kind of dancing, though the oufits don't fit with that idea - long socks too?    ... they're not morris dancers or some such thing are they? 

[Nick29]

I think she's holding a toy teddy bear - often offered as prizes at seaside stalls.

I don't know anything about her later life, only that she was one of non-identical twins, and her mother died a week after she was born.

[veeblevort]

Shorts I can understand to  a point, but still they seem to look a bit out
of place.

Could this have been a cycling holiday, bearing in mind the shoes and long
socks?

[maidmarianoops]

my try

sylvia

[Ruskie]

Just googled and it doesn't look like any morris dancing images I can see.

I would have thought something like scouts (though it's not scouts) - due to the utiliarian uniform ... apart from the shoes which look like they have straps. Do the shirts have a zip front?

[Ruskie]

What uniform in that era would be the same for both men and women? Unless they are having a joke of some sort by both wearing identical outfits ... Shorts would have been unusual for 'ladies' at that time, wouldn't they? The sox have a pattern along the top.

[I've left]

Elasticated ends to the sleeves. Seem to remember clothes like that in 50s / 60s.

His hair is rather long for the days of short back and sides. So he was Arty or was this in 60s. Compare his with the man behind with the small case. He is holding a cigarette but that's not unusual.

Her knees are white suggesting she did not expose them much.

The place could be practically anywhere.

What uniform did Oswald Mosely's lot wear?

Bryan

[Nick29]

The hairstyles of both women visible in the picture is definitely 30's, and she was born in 1905, so would be 45 to 55 in the 50's/60s.