In the case of men presenting themselves as women in the past, there was a risk that their appearance could be linked to homosexuality, whether that was the case or not. This is very different from the sort of altered gender presentation in everyday life, which caused trouble for the people whom we have looked at above. The Cumberland and Westmorland Herald for 2 June,, tells us that peace was celebrated by putting up bunting, by sounding the church bell and the factory buzzer.Ī local band played, and a torchlit procession took place. In the town of Alston, Cumberland, there were celebrations, as there were across the country, in June,, to mark the end of the Anglo-Boer war in South Africa. Another example of what I regard as safely contained cross dressing, comes in the form of carnivalesque, where traditionally, things are turned upside down for a short period. What happens, nowadays and in the past, if we dress differently outside of these contexts? I am going to give a couple of examples, where cross dressing in the past seems to be allowed and safely defined by the social mores of the time. These include for work, and in performance and entertainment and unusual social contexts. Or does it mean something else? We are used to people being able to change their appearance, both today and historically, in certain contexts. What sort of freedoms did we have in the past, and what today, in our dress and appearance? What about perceived gender crossing? Are freedoms and constraints the same for everyone, or is there a difference, depending on sex or on another factor? Does wearing make up, or wearing clothes, which are perceived to be gender related, mean that people necessarily wish to change their gender presentation? Cumbria's Queer heritage This would have provided an acceptable excuse. One cross dressing woman whom I came across, from 31 January,, Lilian Cowley, of Bayswater, as reported in the Lakes Herald, was challenged as to whether she had been at a ball. As you can see from all these past instances, clothing had a strong gender identification people, and was even socially policed. One thing is clear, though: a man dressed and trying to pass as a woman, alighting at Carlisle railway station, is thought suspicious in itself, and worthy to be reported to the police. It is hard to fathom in terms of personal motives, what exactly is going on here. The Cumberland Herald prints part of the ensuing Scotsman report. There, their movements were also traced, and after further adventures, they changed into male attire.
anuzi, ade, oyi Then they visited the county hotel, before continuing to Edinburgh that day. Now, let us turn to something closer to home. However, readers would also know that such things could and did occur.
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