Nothing says Halloween quite like a spooky old castle. That’s why we’ve looked at your favourite fortresses to find the best days (or nights) out for the whole family. Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball (1897): photogravures by Walker & Boutall after various photographers." 1899. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait-list.php?set=515. Whichever historical figure you choose you can be sure that you will stand out in the crowd when dressed as these unique characters that are fun and imposing. Researching the historical character is interesting and being able to impersonate them and their mannerisms will only enhance the historical fancy dress costume. For these people it is an honour to choose them as historical costumes that you want to wear when you go to that very important costume party. Historical figures fancy dress costumes can be controversial if chosen to offend. Other fancy dress figures could be Margaret Thatcher, Gandhi, Mother Theresa or Winston Churchill.

Fancy Dress Ball: Unparalleled Splendour." Carlisle Patriot Friday 9 July 1897: 7 [of 8], Col. 4a–b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000365/18970709/084/0007. Here is the news. And this is Alvar Liddell reading it,” was a wartime catch-phrase. Families crowded around the ‘wireless’ to hear the newscaster’s BBC reports. Listeners found his sonorous George Cornwallis-West". Wikipedia.2021-09-07 . https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Cornwallis-West&oldid=1042934380. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cornwallis-West. Nationality: Jennie Jerome was American, born in Brooklyn, New York [12]; Randolph Spencer-Churchill was English. Deep under Whitehall – the home of the United Kingdom’s major government departments – is a secret lair to rival anything created by a James Bond baddie intent on world domination. The Churchill War Rooms were constructed secretly as the bomb-proof centre of wartime government. Churchill was initially reluctant to go underground but he fought fascism here from 1939 to victory in 1945. With him was his wartime coalition ‘cabinet of all the talents’, his senior chiefs and advisors – and a small army of military and civilian staff, all engaged in top-secret work.August 9, just after King Edward VII's coronation Louise, Duchess of Devonshire tried "to reach the Ladies' before anyone else": Anne Sebba says she went as Empress Theodora of Byzantium: "The Empress, a former courtesan as powerful as she was beautiful, was the wife of the Emperor Justinian I. She had dozens of admirers and was generally held in low regard by respectable society. Shane commented somewhat cruelly that Jennie would have resembled Theodora even without fancy dress." [2] : p. 206 At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Lady Randolph Churchill (at 132) was dressed as Empress Theodora of Byzantium. She was seated at Table 1 and was in the "Oriental" [5] : p. 8, Col. 1c or the Duchess procession. [6] [7] Lady Randolph Churchill". Wikipedia.2020-08-28 . https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lady_Randolph_Churchill&oldid=975347328.

All of the castles featured scored at least 70% in our survey of more than 60 historic attractions in the UK. Keep it cheap The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032. There’s so much to see in Churchill’s underground bunker. This remarkable time capsule remains as it was left in 1945 when the last person out turned the lights off. Every artefact – every fire extinguisher, every water jug, every ashtray – is the real thing. Missing, however, are the large silk maps that are said to have hung here. Snaffled by departing officers at the end of the war, they were re-purposed as luxurious dressing gowns and lingerie by grateful wives and girlfriends. Smaller versions of these silk maps of occupied Europe were given to aircrews. Flyers wore them as scarves – a practical yet ingenious item that might prove a life-saver if an airman was forced to bail out over enemy territory. Tin hats With October half term creeping up on us, we’ve found Halloween events taking place at some of the UK’s top-rated historic castles. QUALITY PROP: Your Jumbo Cigar measures 17.5cm (7") in length, with a red tip from the heat, and a ‘Quality’ label wrapped around the filter, this is the perfect addition to your 1940's Prime Minister Outfit!Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007. April 15, Jennie Jerome and Randolph Spencer-Churchill married at the British Embassy in Paris. [1] Lady Randolph Churchill as the Empress Theodora." Diamond Jubilee Fancy Dress Ball. National Portrait Gallery https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw158556/Jeanette-Jennie-Churchill-ne-Jerome-Lady-Randolph-Churchill-as-the-Empress-Theodora-wife-of-Justinian.

Churchill was famous for wearing another kind of suit though. The ‘Siren Suit’, as it was coined, was designed to be worn in air raid shelters when danger was near. It was made from tough wool and often featured a belted waist for added durability, as well as being deliberately oversized so it could be rapidly thrown on over any other clothing. Ball at Devonshire House.” Evening Mail 05 July 1897 Monday: 8 [of 8], Col. 1a–4c [of 6]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003187/18970705/070/0008. S PRIME MINISTER ACCESSORY SET: Lead your upcoming fancy dress party to victory as you dress to impress, donning this iconic 1940's Prime Minister Accessory Set! The design of the WW2 British helmet wasn’t dissimilar to those worn by English archers at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The helmet was patented in 1915 by John Leonard Brodie. During WW1, after his disastrous mismanagement of the Dardanelles Campaign, Churchill became an officer in the trenches. He lobbied for the new helmets to be issued immediately, having witnessed first-hand the deathly toll that shrapnel exacted on his men. Known as the ‘tin hat’, a version of the Brodie was produced as Helmet, Steel, Mark 1. It remained a standard-issue until 1944. US forces wore the British-pattern helmet until 1941 when they adopted their own, better-designed, version – the M1. Winston’s onesieLooking for a good scare? Perhaps an after-dark ghost tour in the cellars of Yorkshire’s Castle Howard will appeal, or some spooky ghost stories inside Dover Castle after dusk. Ball at Devonshire House." The Times Saturday 3 July 1897: 12, Cols. 1a–4c The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 Nov. 2015.