Liberty Bodice

[Misspears]

Did Your Mum Make You Wear A Liberty Bodice?



Did any of you wear a liberty bodice when you were little?  I saw this little cabinet at Quarriers Village - advertising liberty bodices from "Libertyland" Market Harborough.  It brought back a few memories.






A liberty bodice was like a vest but made out of a soft, warm fabric.  My mum made me wear one during the winter when I was very young.  I suppose in the days before central heating we needed all the warmth we could get. 





When I think about it - this was my winter school gear when I was about 5 years old - pants and woolly tights, vest, liberty bodice, full length petticoat, school blouse and skirt then a cardigan!  If I was going outside, then this ensemble was topped off with a school blazer and trench-coat!  How on earth was I able to move????  Getting ready for PE (gym) must have been awful - although when  I think about it we didn't have PE kit in primary school, we just pranced about in our uniform.  No wonder!  Teachers would have had to spend an entire morning  waiting for the little girls to divest themselves of all their layers!

[Rosalind]

Did not have a liberty bodice when I was a child, did wear a vest though.

[pamella]

The rubber buttons would become brittle when washed and hung out on the line in the winter

[wendy]

oh yes, and when I stopped wearing it, my mother said, you will be such a shape when you grow old.

[annie]

Yes, I wore one & hated it.