
Forgotten: The Dionne Quints. Few
remember the quintuplet craze that gripped
the nation during the Depression. Tree and gift

Strange Occupations, Part II: Pit brow lasses.
A Lancashire livelihood involving coal, flour sack
aprons and clogs fitted with horse shoe irons.
From the collection of Will Brown at
Old Town.

Living: Jodhpurs. Another colonial import
from India, the jodhpur was taken up by
equestrians, the cavalry, movie directors
and aviators. Photograph by John Gutmann.

Brent Hall from the South, Finchingfield, c.1940

The Smoke Room, Ashopton, Derbyshire, 1940

The Livermore Gravestones, Barnston,
near Dunmow, Essex, c.1941
Extinct: Kenneth Rowntree, 1915-1997. Contributor
to Recording Britain, a scheme to boost moral whilst
celebrating Britain's heritage in the face of destruction.
Complete Recording Britain archive at the
V & A.

Vanishing: The conformity of social identity.
Les Gentilshommes du duc d'Orleans dans
l'habit de Saint-Cloud by Félix Philippoteaux.

Living: The gentleman's gentleman.
As long as there have been gentlemen
there have been gentleman's gentlemen.

1890s

1920s

1967
Extinct: The lunch box. Not initially designed
to capture a child's imagination, the recycled
and utilitarian approach gave way in the 1950s.

Strange Occupations, Part I: Cliff egg gatherers.
A Yorkshire livelihood involving a rope, a basket,
and a bowler hat (to protect against falling rock).
From the collection of Will Brown at
Old Town.

Samuel Beckett, 1976

William Powell, 2004

Living: The pajama. Native dress discovered
by British colonials in India, the voluminous
night shirt was quickly discarded in its favour.

Living: Leeds Pottery, est 1781. Named after the
village in which the pottery was founded, the Hunslet
range is inspired by the utility crockery once found


Living: Pegboard. A failed science experiment, this
hardboard with holes was created in 1897 as a material
designed to shield lepers from spreading disease.
Later discovered to be useful for hanging pots.

Living: The cuckoo clock. Often associated
with Switzerland, the cuckoo clock emerged from
that other country of brotherly love, Germany.
Mid-nineteenth century.

from the 19th century wool sack coat. Photograph of


Living: The Uffington White Horse. Created from
chalk during the Bronze Age, it was only obscured once,

Living: Guy Fawkes, whose effigy is burnt atop
a bonfire to remember the gun powder plot of 1605.
He jumped from the gallows to avoid being hung,
drawn & quartered. And thence broke his neck.

In perpetua: Frederick Austerlitz.
Photograph by Martin Munkacsi.

Extinct: Really tiny windows, for retaining
cool air in summer and heat in winter.


Living: Cash's woven labels. Identifying school uniforms for generations, Cash's began as a ribbon
manufacturer in 1846. Now the last survivor
of the Coventry silk weaving industry.
contributors
Reed Wilson, Kendra Wilson