Changing Fashions
Do you like to follow fashion? How do you dress for a special occasion? Many people like to dress like their favourite singer or actor. Others like to wear the jersey relating to their favourite sports team.
Opening of the Hydro-Electric Works in Navan
Black-and-white photograph of a group of dignitaries and staff standing outside the hydro-electric works in Navan on the occasion of its opening in the 1940s. The people are dressed in the typical formal clothing of the time.
By permission of Donal Mac Na Midhe, Navan.Opening of the Hydro-Electric Works in Navan
By permission of Donal Mac Na Midhe, Navan.
By permission of Donal Mac Na Midhe, Navan.
Opening of the Hydro-Electric Works in Navan
Black-and-white photograph of a group of dignitaries and staff standing outside the hydro-electric works in Navan on the occasion of its opening in the 1940s. The people are dressed in the typical formal clothing of the time.
By permission of Donal Mac Na Midhe, Navan.In the past, people dressed very differently to how we dress today. Of course, fashions and styles are always changing but there are other reasons why we dress the way we do now. They include a broader range of available fabrics and changing social attitudes.
Let's look back in time and see how people in Meath dressed in the early twentieth century. Then we will examine how different jobs can sometimes require different types of clothes.