We all know Liverpool loves new Christmas Eve pyjamas - but 'new Easter clothes' are also a Scouse tradition for many families.
For many kids, Easter is all about how many chocolate eggs they get - but children in the city usually get another treat to mark the occasion. Over the years, it's arguably become the norm for Scouse kids to get a new outfit to wear on Easter Sunday, from white frilly socks and new trainers to duster coats, floral dresses and more.
Whether it be full outfits or a pair of new shoes, this tradition isn't always the case elsewhere. But that wouldn't stop us.
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Many of us will have memories of wearing cute matching outfits with our siblings, or being given money as teens to go into the city centre with the responsibility of kitting ourselves out over the holidays.
As Easter Sunday approaches, we asked members on our Liverpool history and memories group if it's a Scouse tradition to get Easter clothes and for their memories. And here are a few of your responses.
On Facebook, one woman said: "Yes we used to get new clothes for Easter Whitsun, Christmas, even August." Another replied: " Me too .. Duster coat .. Dress and White sandals for Easter."
One commented: "Yes we did , and new Clark’s sandals." One posted: "Plus short white socks to go with the new Clark’s sandals . At Whitsun tide we had a new summer dress . So long ago now."
Another wrote: "We got a new hat ,Sunday coat and new shoes for Easter. Patent leather shoes, think mum buffed them up with valylene." Another woman wrote: "Greaty market every year white buckskin shoes."
One woman said: "Yep new clothes and new sandals or buckskin shoes." One wrote: "Always had a new outfit for easter."
One commented: "Yes it is! Hat too for Easter, and Dad always took a photo. My mum made most of my clothes, don't remember any particular shop.."One commented: "My mum used to make mine...A lilac duster coat, sticky out frock, white ankle socks & new white shoes....."
Another said: "Not always new clothes but Easter sandals." One posted: "Always used to get new clothes for Easter Sunday! As a little girl I used to love getting a new frilly dress - they were often better than the ones we got for Christmas!."
One posted: "New dress hat and white sandals." Another said: "Yep, always got our Clark’s Raster Sandals on Bold Street!."
Do these awaken any memories for you? Let us know in the comments section below.
One commented: "Yes remember it well new clothes that you wouldn't get to wear after the Easter holiday was over EXCEPT ONLY ON SUNDAYS." One commented: "Always got new clothes at Easter in the 40's/50s. Usually with Sterlers cheque."
One posted: "Mum did her best running our little cafe .. a young widow with the four of us to feed and clothe was a struggle. ...best time ever was when she had a win on the coupon .. Taken to a shop we’d never use and told to choose TWO Easter outfits .. duster coats and matching dresses etc ... Bless her."
One posted: "Oh yes my mum made our dresses...We always had white sandals and white socks........"Another said: "Socks, knickers & if we were lucky, an outfit."
Another said: "Always new clothes at Easter - tradition." One posted: "Yellow dress ( homemade) and white shoes and hat. X."
One commented: "Yes always when I had mine it was always sailors suits or copycat from market everything white." One commented: "St Johns market to the clothes stalls and sandals from Dolcis. Easter was always too cold for the choice of clothes and footwear."
Another said: "Yep Bucky shoes or boots loved them, always whitening them." One posted: "New buck skin white sandals and mum made me lovely dresses. Clarks shoe shop for sandals and Blacklers in Liverpool for the dress material. White socks finished off the look."
One posted: "A provvy cheque to be spent in Colliers London Rd. Cheque put in a pod and whizzed up to the cash office inside overhead pipes." One commented: "My gran always got them from a warehouse at Easter and Xmas. Mum knitted socks."
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One man said: "Late 40's early 50's I got new sandals, short grey socks, new short sleeved shirts AND I started wearing shorts again for the summer, well, until about late September when it started to get bloody." One woman said: "I remember at Easter we always got yellow coloured dresses, canvas sandals, a hat, and gloves. We would get white clothes for Whit, red at Christmas."
Another said: "Yes bought my kids easter clothes up until the age of 16 , when they were younger I went to Cara's on breck road as they got older it became dirty kidz or JD for my boys and my 2 girls were River Island or H&M or frocks in the precinct
One man said: "TJ Hughes, with a provident check.." And another woman said: "Yes we weren't well off . But we always got new clothes for easter. I always bought new clothes for my children too. Us scousers, are great like that."
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