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Kids dress up day at school - who made Britain great?!

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Schoolmumbum · 30/03/2017 18:10

Help!!
This is the latest great idea by my daughter's school and I have absolutely no idea!!
Friends have also asked me who have boys there so any ideas most welcome!!!

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SetPhasersTaeMalkie · 30/03/2017 18:14

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons

This is a list of the top 100 greatest Britons. Maybe something off the list?

SetPhasersTaeMalkie · 30/03/2017 18:16

I've had a proper look at the list. What about one of the Beatles?

CherieBabySpliffUp · 30/03/2017 18:17

Would they dress up as a soldier?
Without the countless soldiers who went off to war "GREAT" Britain wouldn't be up to much.
I would be inclined to think of the unsung heroes

OdinsLoveChild · 30/03/2017 18:19

DH says that James Bond is what makes Britain Great.

Tidypidy · 30/03/2017 18:19

Brunel would be fairly easy or Churchill. One of the Bronte sisters or Jane Austen for a girl?

SetPhasersTaeMalkie · 30/03/2017 18:19

Sorry didn't read your OP properly, although your daughter could still be a Beatle!

TheNaze73 · 30/03/2017 18:19

Keith Chegwin would be epic. Can't believe he wasn't in that 100. He must have been 101st

Tidypidy · 30/03/2017 18:20

Or a suffragette?

sonlypuppyfat · 30/03/2017 18:21

Boudicca that would be brilliant, a blue face and a long dress and cloak

HopeClearwater · 30/03/2017 18:21

Phone them up and inform them that they've misunderstood the meaning of 'Great'. It doesn't mean wonderful, successful, etc. It's from 'Greater Britain' as contrasted with 'Little Britain' (not the comedy show). Google it.

Wilma55 · 30/03/2017 18:22

Florence Nightingale, Pankhurst,, Boudicca,Thatcher...

Tidypidy · 30/03/2017 18:23

Florence nightingale, Queen Elizabeth I, Mary seacole, queen Victoria

Doyouwantabrew · 30/03/2017 18:23

Florence nightingale, costume easy.

A suffragette with a sash

70ontheinside · 30/03/2017 18:26

NHS: a nurse
Coal miners: recycle Victorian urchin costume
Soldiers
Farmers
Inventors/scientists
Explorers

ThePiglet59 · 30/03/2017 18:27

Have you got a red tie in the house?
She could go as Tony Blair

Anasnake · 30/03/2017 18:28

Definitely a suffragette - Emmeline Pankhurst

KC225 · 30/03/2017 18:28

Union jack t.shirt and a cheese grater. Tell the child to say you don't pick favourites. Job done

Comealongpond89 · 30/03/2017 18:29

Queen Elizabeth 1st

Anasnake · 30/03/2017 18:30

Like this ?

Kids dress up day at school - who made Britain great?!
Flypaperforarseholes · 30/03/2017 18:30

Boudicca, Queen Elizabeth I, Mary Wollstonecraft.
William Wilberforce, John Lennon, Charles Darwin.

isseywithcats · 30/03/2017 18:31

boys coal miner
soldier
sailor
air force pilot
engineer
girl nurse especially ww1 uniform
suffragette
1940s housewife because the women kept this country going during ww2

That1950sMum · 30/03/2017 18:32

Victoria Wood!

Anasnake · 30/03/2017 18:33

If you've got dungarees, wellies and a headscarf she could be a WW2 Land Girl

Kids dress up day at school - who made Britain great?!
CoraPirbright · 30/03/2017 18:34

How about a Land Girl from WW2?

CoraPirbright · 30/03/2017 18:34

Anasnake cross post/great minds!!