Eye - 20 May 2011

From breeches to birds

by Eye 20th May 2011

Below the belt?

To claim that the Journal of our notable founder, George Fox, offers no advice in the lingerie department would be questionable and maybe even below the belt, Eye reasons. David Hitchins wrote in to dispute this claim made by Kevin Redpath (Eye 29 April), quoting the Rufus Jones edition of the Journal.  Although we shall never know the style of underwear favoured by the radical it would appear that his chosen material was linen, as it was for most people of his day.