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MuseRider

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5. It was a big deal.
Sun Apr 16, 2023, 07:18 PM
Apr 2023

My mom made my dress, frilly socks under white shoes (now allowable after Easter) and she also made my brothers suits.

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You are my age and yes, it was a festive occasion back then. Deuxcents Apr 2023 #1
Patent leather purses and shoes - check, frilly dresses and socks - check, flouncy dress - check, MLAA Apr 2023 #2
Yup, been there dressed like that. Biophilic Apr 2023 #3
We are the same age! tblue37 Apr 2023 #4
It was a big deal. MuseRider Apr 2023 #5
We are close in age, I would have still be 6 at Easter 1956 TNNurse Apr 2023 #6
I guess I lied. I wouldn't have turned 6 until July....about 3 months after Easter. sinkingfeeling Apr 2023 #14
I posted the orginal thread and there were so many similarities. I see you have the hat, gloves, debm55 Apr 2023 #7
I have a very similar picture of me with my 2 brothers and my sister. Fla Dem Apr 2023 #8
Thanks for this thread, sinkingfeeling. My parents dressed us up too. Ptah Apr 2023 #9
Which one is you. Ptah? You are both is so cute and really stylish. debm55 Apr 2023 #10
I'm the younger one. Ptah Apr 2023 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2023 #12
That was me and my older brother BOSSHOG Apr 2023 #13
I miss it, too. LisaM Apr 2023 #15
Back when the ladies wore hats to church - and my mother always got a corsage Rhiannon12866 Apr 2023 #16
my mother would shove me into some getup and announce that Warpy Apr 2023 #17
I think we had some posts on the hairbands with the teeth and the scratchy dresses. the thread was debm55 Apr 2023 #18
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