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//SOLD//Early 1940s 36-37L Penney's Donegal tweed sportscoat//SOLD//
I am very interested! HJ- H.Johnson
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- Forum: Classifieds
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Proppa British Brew-up
In England 'mashing' tea is how you revive a pot for 'second helpings' by adding more boiling water and pressing the leaves at the bottom of the pot with a spoon to get the last flavour out of them. In the first instance you brew, in the second you mash. Usage changes all over the world, I'm... -
Proppa British Brew-up
Errr... this is wartime British beer ration being referred to. Not in cans until Long Life in the 1960s... -
Proppa British Brew-up
Loungers in the UK can find them in any good military surplus store - no need to clog up the Interweb... -
British white mug question
I can add little. 'Tin' mugs enamelled white were popular in Britain as both military and civilian items well before WW2. The civilian ones were used in industrial canteens and by campers (and even in some households). They go along with a 'tea can' - an enamelled metal jug with a lid and... -
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TONIGHT 14th Sept. (UK-BBC2) FIRST LIGHT
Gary, Many thanks. It is recorded in the original 'log book' as 'green and black'. Opinion on what that may have been vary from all black with a green 'coach line' (that's how it is now) to black bonnet and body with green mudguards to the other way around (!). Any help your father can... -
Vintage Camping Equipment
Daniel, I have used one of these for years.- H.Johnson
- Post #82
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Flying boots
A bit off thread, but... I like those, although as Speedster says they resemble the postwar motorcycle boots derived (as were many sheepskin jackets) from the wartime pattern. The price is a bit eye-watering, though! I stopped criticising the accuracy of '36 pattern repros when a very...- H.Johnson
- Post #273
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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The 24 Hour Wellington
Very interesting. A Wellington is currently undergoing restoration (really amounting to a rebuilding) at my local RAF museum. The geodetic structure is very different from other pre-war designs. Typical Barnes Wallis innovation. It will be a great addition to the collection when finished... -
TONIGHT 14th Sept. (UK-BBC2) FIRST LIGHT
I thoroughly enjoyed the production - well done to the producers, crew and particularly the extras! It was good to see the Ford 8 Model 'Y' (ADD 124) in green/black livery. My own Model 'Y' (same year) was originally green according to the registration document, but someone painted it all... -
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Lost tweed exploration
I am reminded of one of the advantages of buying local tweed (or buying tweed locally). I visited a tweed weaver while on holiday (vacation) in a tiny Welsh village around twenty years ago and was I admiring some herringbone tweed (Welsh herringbone is not common) in a beautiful heathery brown...- H.Johnson
- Post #17
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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ALL REPRO R.A.F. Irvin type jackets
Having examined an example of an ELC 'Devon', a friend who has bred English sheep 'rare breeds' for forty years asked me to point out that he thinks what is being referred to here as 'Devon' is the fleece of the Grey-faced Dartmoor sheep rather than the Devon Longwool. I hope this helps. He...- H.Johnson
- Post #511
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Bread in World War 2 Britain
A pugil is an old measure of a powder (as of salt). A pinch is as much as can be picked up between the thumb and index finger. A pugil is as much as can be picked up between the thumb and first two fingers. A porringer is a handled pan used for slow cooking soup or porridge on a low source... -
Lost tweed exploration
Long may our Government recognise that the real adventurers of this world are old and long may it continue to subsidise our travel to have exciting and real experiences and to acquire 'objects of desire'. Most of the young people I know buy their things over the Interweb. Somehow clicking...- H.Johnson
- Post #16
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Bread in World War 2 Britain
This thread has me reliving my childhood. This week I have made breakfast using bread like my Mother used to during rationing. Here we go: 'Pobs' - a porridge subsitute using stale bread. You will need: - A stale loaf (white or brown); - A meat mincer; - A large baking bowl; - A... -
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Lost tweed exploration
I agree. The St. George's tweed is...er...modern tweed. I'm sure they weave what sells, but IMO it's not traditional. It's tweed for people who can't take 'real' tweed. You know, they don't want to stand out in a crowd and expect it not to take the skin off their knees... You can't, for...- H.Johnson
- Post #14
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Lost tweed exploration
Commiserations. You should be old, like my exploration companion and I. You get cheaper travel.- H.Johnson
- Post #13
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Lost tweed exploration
I feel perhaps I was a little unfair to the Wood family and people at St. George's Mill. They are great weavers and their stuff is worthy. I enjoyed visiting their and talking to them. They are fine craftsmen. Also St. George's Mill was originally started by John Ruskin as an 'arts and...- H.Johnson
- Post #10
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Lost tweed exploration
I don't blame you. Buying tweed over the Interweb, as an experience, is sadly lacking and devoid of all that makes tweed what it is. I'm sure you'd enjoy the chance to meet the sheep, talk to the weavers and watch them at their work, to smell the ... er... pungent aroma of newly waulked wool...- H.Johnson
- Post #7
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Lost tweed exploration
I had a most enjoyable afternoon yesterday with a fellow lounger who has much wisdom, experience and interest but who rarely reveals himself. A terrific chap, whose natural modesty does him great credit. Suffice it to say, that for many years this is where he went to work: We are...- H.Johnson
- Post #6
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
