{"id":33113,"date":"2024-04-12T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/32108862-753a-4d64-b40e-2751268b5b4c"},"modified":"2024-04-12T11:34:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:34:33","slug":"i-loved-my-great-grandparents-incredible-prize-winning-fancy-dress-costume-from-1935","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/rss_feed\/i-loved-my-great-grandparents-incredible-prize-winning-fancy-dress-costume-from-1935\/","title":{"rendered":"I loved my great grandparents\u2019 incredible prize-winning fancy dress costume from 1935!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 12 April 2024 at 09:09 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"\/><p>Pictured from left to right: my grandfather James Deness, James&#8217; mother Suzannah and my grandmother Frances. In 1935, they won the local carnival in Strood, Kent dressed as traffic signals!<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Scan0061-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a woman wearing a Second World War man's army uniform\" class=\"wp-image-19953\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure><p>James and Frances&#8217; daughter, my grandmother Joyce Peters, wearing her husband Ross&#8217; Second World War army uniform. They were married for over seventy years but sadly passed away two months apart in 2017.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/nan-grandad-brian-kay-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a couple holding two young children standing in the front garden\" class=\"wp-image-19954\"\/><\/figure><p>Joyce and Ross with their children, my mother Kay and uncle Brian.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1063\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Scan0118.jpeg?fit=1024,719\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a man in Second World War army uniform shooting a rifle while three little boys look on\" class=\"wp-image-19956\"\/><\/figure><p>Although my grandad Ross is shown here in his army uniform, he\u2019s actually only taking part in a game at a fairground.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2161\" height=\"1605\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/006-5.jpeg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a group of children riding a pretend milk cart and horse while some adults stand around\" class=\"wp-image-19957\"\/><\/figure><p>This was the Denness family\u2019s entry in the carnival a few years after they won First Prize. Joyce is bisected by the fold, but you can clearly see her siblings and her parents.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1075\" height=\"1105\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Scan0228.jpeg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a man in a trench coat standing in front of some cages of pigeons\" class=\"wp-image-19958\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure><p>Ross is shown here tending to his racing pigeons. In 1965 he won a national championship, something that made him very proud.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"984\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/nan-and-her-dad.jpeg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a man in a flat cap and a toddler in a white dress\" class=\"wp-image-19959\"\/><\/figure><p>James Denness with Joyce. James worked in the brick fields in Frindsbury, Strood.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/001-7.jpeg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a toddler in a white dress holding a teddy bear\" class=\"wp-image-19960\"\/><\/figure><p>My nan Joyce is about two here. I don\u2019t know the bear\u2019s age!<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/frances-and-james.jpeg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a couple getting married\" class=\"wp-image-19961\"\/><\/figure><p>Frances and James married in Gillingham on 31 March 1923.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/brian-kay-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a little boy and girl in 1950s clothes standing by a fence\" class=\"wp-image-19962\"\/><\/figure><p>Kay and Brian as children.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Friday, 12 April 2024 at 09:09 AM Pictured from left to right: my grandfather James Deness, James&#8217; mother Suzannah and my grandmother Frances. 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