Sepia Saturday: Soldiers and Sailors

The theme photo for Sepia Saturday #199 - dressing up for playacting.

I have the impression that the congregation of the Mitiamo Methodist Church enjoyed any opportunity to dress up in costume and entertain each other. (Or, if it's not the church it was the school.) The two photos were taken in about 1940 on the same spot but I'm not sure that they were taken on the same day - Bill Kendall appears in both photos.

Soldiers. From left, Bill Kendall, Barry Twigg and Des Taylor

Sailors. From left, Bill Kendall, Joy Phelan and John Forbes

PS I'm also curious about why the children aren't looking at the camera. Maybe there was another photographer at stage right.

It's showtime over at Sepia Saturday. Take a seat and enjoy the show.

Three Little Pigs

Three little pigs, and a wolf

What was the occasion? Was it a church social? Was it a school concert? Or did they just do it for fun? It is a photo taken in Mitiamo in central Victoria in about the 1920s but there's no indication who the children were other than the fact that it's in a Phelan family album. They've gone to a lot of trouble with the masks and the staging.