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  1. galopede

    Question about Belstaff

    I bought a Trialmaster at a bike shop in Cheltenham about 33 years ago as i wanted a decent waterproof for the daily 15 mile bike commute. It was an excellent jacket, comfortable and waterproof. Cost me about £35 then, quite expensive I thought! Just looked them up on the Belstaff UK site and...
  2. galopede

    Scouting anyone?

    I was thrown out of the 1st Llandaff troop in Cardiff after three weeks for "Having a bad attitude"! My crime was to show the scoutmaster how to do a proper sheepshank knot after he'd made a pig's ear out of it! My father was ex Royal Navy and we spent many hours tying knots together and I knew...
  3. galopede

    A couple of fashion pet peeves...

    The year round shorts seems to be a postman thing in the UK!
  4. galopede

    Feet Up! The Work Boot Thread

  5. galopede

    Feet Up! The Work Boot Thread

    Managed it!
  7. galopede

    Feet Up! The Work Boot Thread

    Your wish is my command Bfd70! Not the best photos I'm afraid. Or I would upload some photos If it would let me. Can't seem to load direct from my computer. Presume they need a host site. Any ideas which?
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    Feet Up! The Work Boot Thread

    Those Wested boots look pretty good Edward. Hadn't seen them before. https://www.wested.com/adventurer-boots-made-by-wested-3759-p.asp I've owned a pair of the roughout Iron Rangers for a few years now and they are an excellent boot. I've treated mine to an occasional helping of a walking boot...
  9. galopede

    You Realise Christmas Is Approaching When …

    A new three parter started on the BBC on Saturday night called Gunpowder about the plot starring Kit Harington who's also in something called Game of Thrones (?) as chief plotter Robert Catesby who was actually his ancestor! Lots of complaints about the violence so far after an old lady was...
  10. galopede

    Leather alterations, UK

    'Fraid not. I'm not one for recording everything! All I can say it that the alteration looks just like the original shoulders but narrower! Stitching just as good and the alpaca lining all matches too. A happy bunny!
  11. galopede

    Leather alterations, UK

    A while back, I won an Aero Highwayman in an unworn condition on ebay. Lovely jackets except the shoulders were so wide it looked as if I still had the coat hanger in when I wore it! Decided to try to get it altered a few weeks ago and did a search for someone who could do a decent job fairly...
  13. galopede

    Dinner or Supper?

    Well I'm Welsh born and bred though I live in England now. When I was a nipper, it was Breakfast, Dinner, Tea and occasionally supper before bed, which was usually a bowl of cereal. Tea was about 6pm when my father got home. Dinner at midday I came back from school (never had a school dinner!)...
  14. galopede

    Movie locations

    Well I live about 2 miles from the interior of Hogwarts! Gloucester Cathedral. A few Doctor Who's have filmed there too. Gareth
  15. galopede

    What would you not be seen dead in?

    Baseball caps
  16. galopede

    Flying Scotsman

  17. galopede

    Ebay scammers

    Turned out to be about the fraud squad catching a gang of Romanians selling none existant vehicles through ebay. To be honest, I couldn't imagine buying a vehicle without seeing it first! Gareth
  19. galopede

    Flying Scotsman

    Excellent article
  20. galopede

    New "mud"-splattered denim, anyone? Just US$425 to you, mate.

    last time I had a pair of jeans like that, I'd just dodged a huge pothole in a country lane and hit a pile of mud mixed with liberal cowpats and fell off the bike!
  21. galopede

    Simmons Bilt jacket advice

    Hi Asha Your jacket is the same as the Drifter I bought from SB's outlet a few years ago, same leather too, except yours is rather narrower than mine, me being on the large side! Mine is slowly getting there but still quite stiff! Mine doesn't have the lining in the cuffs though, straight...
  22. galopede

    Dunkirk - I've just seen it

    Going to see it next week. Main complaint here in Britain is that all the tin hats look far too pristine! I can live with that. Gareth
  23. galopede

    Dunn & Co. Great Britain

    I have a Dunn & Co bowler I wear when playing squeezebox with my morris team and also one of their flat caps I bought at the shop many years ago. It was a good, traditional menswear shop when I went there occasionally. Bit like Are You Being Served! The staff called me Sir which I always found...

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