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  1. nightandthecity

    Mr. Lackawanna

    A thoroughly splendid looking chap! Hard to believe he's one of you Colonial coves though. He holds his pipe like a true Briton.
  2. nightandthecity

    Suits and suit pants.

    For myself I've never seen wider than 22" to 23" in 1920s-30s trousers though I have heard of such, and its clear from the foregoing that it isn't myth! But a 22 or 23 would be known here in the UK as an Oxford bag...and I was bought up in Oxford too! Root, I am not really embarrassed about...
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    Mother makes child hold sign at roadside...

    I have never hit my children, or consciously humiliated them, or indulged in rewards and punishments for behaviour. Instead I have spent a lot of time with them, I have tried to give a good example, I have only had rules about important things, and I have always explained why the rules are...
  4. nightandthecity

    Should a hat band always be darker than the hat?

    In the 40s there was a fashion for light hat bands and light ties worn with dark hats and dark shirts among gangsters and those who aspired to looking tough. By the 50s and 60s this had become white bands on black hats and white ties with black shirts. I am embarrassed to recall I cultivated...
  5. nightandthecity

    Suits and suit pants.

    I keep a rough database of measurements on my own stuff. Most of my 1930s to 1950s trousers are 18-20" bottoms, but I have one pair of proper 22" Oxford bags, from the 1920s. They take some courage to wear, and I'm pretty shameless! The difference that those extra inches make is incredible...
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    The "Indy" Comebacks...

    well funnily enough....I quite frequently get asked (usually by teenage girls) if I am someone famous! I think it's because the only references most kids now have to the clothes I wear are movies, and partly that thing of looking smart but moving in unsmart circles. But the only time I was asked...
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    The "Indy" Comebacks...

    I used to get comments, depending on what I was wearing - "hey it's Indy/a private eye/Al Capone" etc. Nowadays I mostly get compliments. To be precise, people over 40 often compliment me on my clothes and ask where I got particular items....but young people here no longer have the cultural...
  9. nightandthecity

    Ever hear of Aeronautica: English Classics Ltd.?

    a shared passion Alan. And I too am now down to four! I used to buy and sell Irvins regularly and did a lot of repair work, but nowadays unless the repair is very simple I just don't have the time. At one time I owned the finest Irvin in captivity. An early thirties first issue...Irvin...
  10. nightandthecity

    The Holy Grail of Suits

    if there's enough material in the seat seam a good tailor could probably let the trousers out to 28...or you could always not eat for a few weeks, I'd say a small sacrifice in this case
  11. nightandthecity

    Golden era men's magazines?

    These places are called GENTLEMAN'S clubs?? I am horrified. I think I will pour myself a stiff gin and retire to my library.
  13. nightandthecity

    Must see list...?

    "who are you calling small??" Yes, a great, great film. Also the thirties Cagney's: Public Enemy, Angels with dirty Faces, the Roaring Twenties.... those were the days, when even thugs - no, particularly thugs - dressed properly
  14. nightandthecity

    The Holy Grail of Suits

    I'm 1940s Mr average at 38 chest 33 waist 5ft8" and I started getting excited about the good Baron's suit when you said it was SMALL. Alas it seems it is 1930s small - 27" waist trousers and 36 jacket. I will join you large types in just drooling.
  15. nightandthecity

    Got Genealogy?

    I seem to recall in one thread you saying you've given up drinking. That's why you can't dance! Melungeon really just means "mixed ones" (or something like that). I think It was originally given by the French to mixed race people they encountered in the backcountry, then the term became more...
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    San Francisco voters BAN HANDGUNS

    OK....OK I'd guess good old fists (and feet)? If I'm right is there a prize?
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    Got Genealogy?

    I have real respect for the hundreds of amateur genealogists beavering away like your grandad. It?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s an ever expanding, Aegean stables kind of project and you can only ever hope to follow a few ancestral lines. The only thing that makes it manageable is that you can rarely go beyond a few...
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    San Francisco voters BAN HANDGUNS

    That?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s very well put Joseph. I would add this: I bet the Liberal/Conservative dichotomy wasn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t the only one operating in SF when they took that vote, has anyone analysed it in terms of gender? I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢d be willing to bet there was a significant male/female split that cut across...
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    Got Genealogy?

    Always happy to help! Makes a change from our usual political shoot out! Marrying a Mormon was a wise move on your brother?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s part. The LDS genealogy material is awesome (not a word I use often) and now mostly online. I recently traced one North Carolina line back from the 21st century...
  21. nightandthecity

    Got Genealogy?

    That?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s very interesting Bob. From what you said earlier I think your family is mainly from northern Virginia and Appalachia? Anyway, a lot of what follows is presuming your ancestry is mainly ?¢‚Ǩ?ìold stock?¢‚Ǩ? from the south-eastern states, hope that?¢‚ǨÀús right?¢‚Ǩ¬¶ McGrath...
  22. nightandthecity

    who still makes 40s or 50s style caps?

    actually daddy-oh, re Scotrace's pic of the (Eastman?) B-2, that would be the ideal partner for your B-6...and they are pretty cheap too, as Gary E. gets to make them from jacket offcuts and the construction is pretty simple. I think about ?Ǭ£35/$50??
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    San Francisco voters BAN HANDGUNS

    Slate, those are wise words. Here?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s a view from that small insignificant place known as the rest of the world. The US has a major problem with guns. It has a major problem with violent crime in general and firearms crime in particular. In fact it's something of a world leader in...

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