FURTHER photographs have proved that women's uniforms during World War II fastened in the same direction as mens'.
Photographs appeared on the Memories page on April 17, from a WAAF reunion and showed the uniforms were buttoned like men's jackets.
At an Age Concern Housebound Club meeting the same topic was brought up.
Gwen Foster, a member of the club, was in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II.
She had served in Egypt and was also married in her uniform in Alexandria.
Gwen had always thought it had fastened like a women's jacket and decided to dig out her own snaps from the time to prove it to the club members.
But on closer inspection she realised the women's uniforms were in fact buttoned the wrong way.
The club, which meets at Picton Road on Mondays for lunch, is now asking people for information as to why this was the case.
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