Could you date this please

[jim1]

My first thought was late 30's.She's carrying sticks of rock & he's carrying the Daily Sketch...........maybe.

jim

[Microscopia]

As a guide here's 21 August 1948 dress - note the shoe styles and hemlines.

(Edited to correct date of photo)


Lawrence

[Hibee]

I agree...1930s.  The baggy bunnet was a 1930s thing, parhaps copied from Hollywood gangsters.

Bunnets became flatter after the war, not least because material was in short supply.

Hibee

[Lydart]

We need to remember that older ladies were often ten or 20 years behind in fashions !   My granny used to wear stuff from the war in the 1950's ... (Too good to throw out .... make do and mend was her philosophy)

[giraffe]

Please enlighten me - whatever is a bunnet?
giraffe

[alpinecottage]

I'd suggest post war as the chap behind is bare-headed and has turn-ups on his trousers and the woman behind wears a fairly short skirt and late 1940s shoes.  I'd say the couple in front were in their late 50s.

[Hibee]

A bunnet is a flat cap.

Note that we don't know the front woman's hemline, merely that she is wearing a long coat.

Hibee

[oldhippy]

Thank you all very much for all the input. 

I've enjoyed reading the comments and they have pointed me to one of my grandfathers brothers.

Someone mentioned ex- military, another said it was sticks of rock being carried. Not sure where the bunions fit in, but well spotted. 

Joshua Albert Hambling was born in 1878. He served in the great war and later in life he was a sugar boiler and  confectioner. He made his own sweets and had his own shop. His wife was Mary Ann Smith born 1871.

One other thing please. I'd like you to take a look at my other post and see if you could add any more info. I would like the ages of the two girls.

Many thanks again. 

[giraffe]

A bunnet is a flat cap.
Hibee

Thank you, Hibee, is that a regional name? (I've never heard it before.)
giraffe