This code of colours was unique to Staithes <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which is situated here on the East Coast of England <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The women of the town carried fish baskets on their head <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When transferring the catch when their men returned <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the bonnets were designed with this in mind <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wide brim was there to stop the sun <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the bonnets went over the neck <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To stop the fish slipping down their backs <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which would not have been a nice experience <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But what about the colours Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are three in this painting if you look closely<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was an unseen language Josie <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the white bonnets were worn <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By girls and the unmarried women <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whereas the black bonnets were worn <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By women who had been widowed <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which often happened when their men were at sea <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there are also purple ones noted in this painting <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The purple bonnets indicated that the widow was coming out of mourning <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which usually lasted between six months and a year<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I find surprising is that some of the women wearing purple <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are not much more than young girls themselves<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a way this is a social commentary of the time <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am so grateful that you brought me here<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As this part of England was unknown to me <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you look apart from the bonnets <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are great similarities with Deal <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As both depended on the generosity of the sea <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today both towns have grown much softer <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But one can still quite easily see the harsh conditions <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the lives spent and often extinguished<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the primitive industry of those bleak forgotten days <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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