Promming in the late 1940s, by Margaret Griffin

Doctor Who at the Proms! Musical gatherings in sundry parks. Unheard of composers airing their masterpieces for the first (and last?) time. How times have changed. My Proms days were in the post war years of the 1940s - very austerity. I was a 'teenager' (although I don't think the word had been coined then). A time of ration books, clothing coupons and not a lot of money to spare. No credit cards, so no fear of running up debts - even if there was something we wanted to buy. Prom Dresses.