Dear Folks, Do you remember the snoods of WWII? I believe they were worn in that particular era because women were going to work in defense plants and they needed to have their hair confined so that it wouldn't be caught in the machinery they were working on. Snoods were made of cotton or rayon netting that women put over their hair, tuck all of the hair underneath them and then tie them securely in back. Actually they became quite fashionable during those years and tended to be viewed as rather glamorous. Certainly the movie stars wore them. Just a passing memory. vee

My grandmother ALWAYS wore a hairnet. I don't remember any women wearing snoods but the only defense industry we had here was an American Optical plant and the women just sat and inspected lens so they didn't need to watch their hair. Of course I was only 4 yrs old so I didn't see many people anyway. We live out in the country and I think I probably went to town once or twice a year at most during that time. We really didn't go ANYWHERE during the war. Grandpa went once a week to deliver his farm products on a route he had in town, he went to the stores after and bought whatever Grandma had on her list--which was VERY LITTLE as we grew most of our own food. We went about 30 miles once a year to visit a family on Grandpa's side and once a year about 20 miles to visit a family on Grandma's side. That was the extent of our travels except once during the summer we went about 30 miles north to a place where wild high-bush blueberries grew to pick berries that we canned. I remember once when we went up there I was picking with the hired man and he picked me up on his shoulders so Icould see the bear picking berries on the other side of the clump of bushes we were picking on. We left that bush very quietly. Now, how did I get from snoods to bears? LOL Ruth At 10:32 PM -0400 4/7/05, Vee L. Housman wrote: >Dear Folks, > >Do you remember the snoods of WWII? I believe they were worn in that >particular era because women were going to work in defense plants and they >needed to have their hair confined so that it wouldn't be caught in the >machinery they were working on. > >Snoods were made of cotton or rayon netting that women put over their hair, >tuck all of the hair underneath them and then tie them securely in back. >Actually they became quite fashionable during those years and tended to be >viewed as rather glamorous. Certainly the movie stars wore them. > >Just a passing memory. >vee -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT