Posted by Alan Hakim on June 04, 2006 at 17:55:59 from 212.137.200.180 user awhakim.
In Reply to: Re: Swallowdale - frocks posted by Hilary Weston on June 04, 2006 at 17:21:13:
My sister and I, who were growing up about the time ML and PM were being written, lived in Wales and played outdoors a great deal. She always wore skirts. In fact at that time, it was considered very racy for any woman to wear trousers. See Hollywood films of the 1940s.