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C W Crowther Ltd. (Manufacturer)

These are brown corduroy knee breeches with lacing at the side of the legs. They have two side pockets, belt loops and 3 buttons at each side for fastening at the waist. The breeches are Women’s Land Army uniform made by C W Crowther.

1 pair of W. L. A. breeches: corduroy; good condition

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: BREECHES // Accession number: 88/46 // Classification: PERSONAL clothing garment // Negative number: 60/15756 // Acquisition method: GIFT // Acquired from: [...] AMPHILL, BEDFORD // Date: 14 June 1988 // Store: // Condition: good // Recorder: JMB // Date: 8.3.89 // Description: WOMEN'S LAND ARMY UNIFORM // Brown corduroy knee breeches with lacing at the sides of the legs. They have two side pockets, belt loops and 3 buttons at each side for fastening at the waist. // Dimensions: Length: 90.0 cm // Associated information: Inscription: N // WD [broad arrow] // 841 // On label: Breeches, Corduroy // Women’s Land Army // Size No 5 // Height: 5 ft. 3 in. to 5 ft. 4 in. // Waist: 23 in. to 25 in. // Hips: 35 in. to 37 in. // C.W. CROWTHER LTD // [broad arrow] FEB. 1943. // References:', MERL miscellaneous note, Georgia Charitou, September 2014 – Objects 88/44-66 form part of the Doreen Thorp Collection of material relating to the Women’s Land Army. The collection consists of papers relating to the career or Doreen Thorp in the W.L.A. from 1939-47, as well as items of clothing which form part of a W.L.A. uniform. ‘ They have manufactured by C. W. Crowther Ltd., Transcription of information about Doreen Thorp – ‘Mrs. N. D. Warren (nee Thorp) 13.6.1923 – 3.1.1988. // In September 1939 I joined the Women’s Land Army and in October I started two months training at the Midland Agricultural College in poultry, milking (hand & machine), stock and general farm work.’

1943-02 - 1943-02