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pair of socks
20th century
Seen pictured here with sandals 1275, this pair of black socks (tabi) is made from cotton fabric. They would have been bought to the exact fit of the wearer's foot. They fasten at the ankle with 3 m...
Category: Officer/Men Relationships
N.B.Chaffers (GS) Letters 28.5.15, 11.6.15 - asks mother to send underpants and socks for men.
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Category: Christmas 1915
A.Cameron (E/Africa) Diary, 25.12.15 - Xmas parcel from the Ladies of India containing pudding, brandy, chocolate, socks
blanket
c.1914-1918
1 Blanket, crochet work, made from old socks while in India by Pte C.A.Sparkes 2/4th Wilts Rgt
Lace Specimens
Slinn, Gillian A
3 June 1964
Cotton socks finished with Nottingham lace. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1390 and LAVC/PHO/P1392.
Category: Fund Raising and Comforts
The Barry, Dawson, Webb, Keene papers (DF), Set A. Letter 23.8.14 re making of socks and clothes for soldiers and wounded. Economising to help the poor in winter.
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Category: Weather - Extremes
W.E.C.Baynes (GS) Diary 29.2.16 - Necessary to wear at night, pyjamas, socks, stockings, lined leather jacket, lined sleeping bag and 4 blankets.
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Category: Entertainment/Recreation/Sport: Entertainment
See Museum Section PNM 60 and 61 for two crotchetwork rugs/blankets made by C.A.Sparkes (soldier in India) from old socks. See India Section for his photos.
SED Word Map: Share (of Plough)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.8.7, Share (of Plough), mapping responses Nose, Share and Sock. The map is headed The Northern Counties of ...
Category: Comforts
C.R.Britten (GS) Letter 18(Sept.l915) re his rubber bath being invaluable and asking for thicker socks, electric torch battery, flask, toilet paper from Army and Navy Stores and The Times.
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Handknitting
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
[1960s]
Incomplete handknitted woollen item (possibly a sock or stocking) made by Mrs. Jane Metcalfe of Keld ( Swaledale). The knitting sits on a low wooden stool, and is attached to traditional curved needle...