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 Uniform question for theatre project - I dont know if anyone can help?
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| BrixhamLaura |
Posted on 16/08/2011 15:15
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I joined the forum looking for help in researching uniforms. I have even been to our local museum and our coastguard station but no one could help. I havent been able to find relevant pictures on Google either, but someone on a costuming website suggested that I ask here if anyone has relevant information or can point me in the correct direction. They have further tightened the search by also telling me that coastguard uniforms in the UK varied by the region *PANIC* Next Spring, my theatre group is putting on a play about a local historical event which happened in 1866, in our town, Brixham (which is in south Devon, England). One of the main historical personages is the then local coastguard. Because uniforms can be very fiddly to make, I am looking at getting it done as one of the first costumes for the show to be done. But, no-one seems to have any idea what a Victorian / English coastguard in our area would have been dressed like, in the 1860s. (the only pictures and descriptions that I could access in town via the museum and coastguard station go back to the 1920s) . We know that they had a specific uniform, just no pictures of what it was like! Obviously we want to get it correct, and while I am planning on writing off the the national Maritime and Coastguard Agency offices in Southampton to see if they can help, I was wondering if by any chance you lovely people here could point me the right way to the information that I am looking for? I hope you dont mind my asking here, as I know this forum is more Irish based, but I am drawing a blank asking in the more "logical" places. Thanks so much  Laura |
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| Elisabeth |
Posted on 07/09/2011 15:00
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Hello laura, I have just seen your enquiry about Coastguard uniforms. If you look at the article on Frederick Ashby on this website, you will see I put some photos of Frederick, my great-grandfather, in the article. Theperiod of these is a bit later than you are interested in, as they date from the 1880s I think, but I don't expect they changed much. The photos maybe show formal dress - but I expect as ex-Royal Navy men they would have been smart at all times. Frederick was stationed in devon a good deal - you may find the article, which is his own memoir, of interest as background to the play. I'd like to hear more about the play in due course! This link should find it, or search on Ashby http://www.coastguardsofyesteryear.org/articles.php?article_id=289 Elisabeth |
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| Tony |
Posted on 07/09/2011 19:09
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Hello Laura, Have you seen our Photp Gallery. The Portrait Gallery and the Contemporary Portraits have some Coastguards in unifom, however they are not dated. Regards Tony |
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