Memories of using a parachute to make a dress

Years ago, my great auntie (Susan Matilda Bentley) who lived in Hammerpot. gave my mum a parachute which saved an airman's life. It was found during the war years.

My mum (Ruth Thair) unpicked the material and seams from the parachute and made a dress for my sister and I. I have a photo of me Margaret Thair and my sister Eileen Thair wearing the dresses made from the parachute. In the photo, my mum asked my sister not to open her mouth because she had lost her front teeth. She is 88 next month.

My auntie embroidered poppies onto the material to make our dresses.