3-022-607 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Well Dressed People Walking Across the Pitch at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, 1920. Life returns to normal after the First World War. '...dressy affairs after four years of drab and khaki...hang out the flags and the bunting...you dolled up in your best, for Royal Ascot, or Lords, and the Eton and Harrow, toppers [top hats] and the lot...all this was a lot better than Ypres or the Somme'. From "Time To Remember - The Plunge Into Peace", 1920 (Reel 1); events of 1920 - weddings, women's rights, industrial unrest and problems in Ireland.