Did you ever have/can you admit to having any of the following....

Nope, never had any of those.  Was there ever such a thing as string pants?

by "stiletto" do you mean winkle pickers? If so yes and also yes to a cigarette case.

Unfortunately yes there was!

Fekking hideous idea as, if it were any good, we would all be sitting here now, proudly wearing them!

The flick knife option is a bit left field.

11 /13 hole doctor martins ..shockin omission ..black / maroon

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How sexy and dynamic did we look (ladies please avert your gaze.....

by "stiletto" do you mean winkle pickers?

Yes, often called either

OK.... even more controversial

A white raincoat

now you're talking tictacman I loved my cherry Docs and Crombie

bringing back memories this..... few had Mod Fishtail Parka coat's I fancy.

I had a flick comb......thought I was the fonz !

I had a flick knife but hardly ever used it and I had a few pairs of winkle pickers over the years, black suede ones obviously.

black harrington jacket and black doc martins , christ I was trendy

with maroon sta presses obviously.

*stay

bleached Levi's

A "D-A"  no, never altough i wanted one. went to the barbers and asked for a TC. He shaved all my hair off completely. I said TC doesn't have his hair like that, Barber said he would have if he came here.

"Drainpipe" trousers   for a short while, yes, and drainpipe jeans too.

"Beetle Crushers"  never

"Stiletto" shoes and boots n/a

String vests and pants   certainly not

Western style "String Ties"  had a few of those

A cigarette case  yes, for a short period of time

"Beetle" jacket  oh yes, chicks loved it 

A switch blade (flick) knife    yes but not for malicious purposes

I had a Harrington jacket as well, I think most people did at one stage or another.

Anyone else own up to wearing black leather trousers

yes but on when I had my black leather biker hat and droopy moustache

(waits for Facts clean sweep)

Does a Burberry Harrington count?

Aunty Post
29 Nov 14 16:31   

"Beetle" jacket - Beatle? the collarless jacket? - yes

A switch blade (flick) knife -  got a small one on my desk, it's also a cigarette lighter.

Going back to younger days....

A "balaclava" and the sore chin that went with it.

Even earlier, a "Liberty Bodice". What in Christ's good name was the purpose of these things?

A "Jock Strap" (why so called). Had to have one for "Rugger" and they are totally useless!

Later again... a "Fisherman's Smock" in which I looked splendid and a trend setter, whilst wearing it for pottery.

A "Pacamac", which I just had to have, after borrowing one to go home at lunchtime in torrential rain.

Embarrassing to admit to, but two things in experimental years.....
A "Cravat" and a "Robin Hood" hat with feathers!!!!!

A "Ronson" cigarette lighter.

A "Rizla" roll your own ciggies machine with "Liquorice" paper.

Aunty Post   
30 Nov 14 10:21 
Going back to younger days....

A "balaclava" - only used for robbing post offices, banks and wage snatches in London.

A "Ronson" cigarette lighter. - still got a 'Variflame?'


A "Pacamac", - My grandad had one. After my nan died he moved in with my aunt, just outside Eastbourne.
He'd get the bus into town, buy a newspaper, then walk from the town centre up to Beachy Head.
Sit and read the paper, then walk back to town and get a bus home.
He was 5 feet 8 and 17 stones, but his pacamac covered him.
It used to fold up to about the size the size of a postage stamp which he always carried in his pocket,

String vest, the holes were supposed to make them warmer.
Cigarette case, complete with Colibri lighter on the top.
Flick knife, a work of art, came from France and cost the equivalent of 21/6d in 1964.

"Beetle" jacket - Beatle? the collarless jacket? - yes

Yes...sorry, of course I meant "Beatle"

Mine was in "Elephant Cord" with most attractive and tasteful metal buttons.

Never could go for the whole look (although I tried) but the black polo necked sweater was not comfortable for me.

This is to kenny mann.....

Did you ever go to "Hopkins Tailors" on lower Merrion Street (that was between Upper Briggate and Vicar Lane.

I got all my "Drain Pipe" trousers and jeans from there and, from memory, I think they were either £5.00 or £7.50
depending on which material.

"String vest, the holes were supposed to make them warmer.Laugh"

Well one just has to laugh at this. I mean were the holes scientifically worked out for optimum size, in that if they were bigger or smaller,
would that make any difference?

I cannot remember the explanation but assume the holes would inhibit perspiration . They were bloody awful things.

Did you ever have.....

A "Kaolin Poultice" slapped on your chest, at just below boiling point, to draw out the fever?

It was like fekking witchcraft back then, and next they would hang some sort of bag around your neck, filled with "Camphor"!

Well there you go!
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/String-Vest-Cotton-Quality-KEYRING/dp/B006H28Z7A

The string vests are still available, and supposed to keep you warm in winter and cool in summer!!

I'm still using my late uncle's variflame lighter, must be nearly 50 years old now and it is in perfect working condition. The chrome has rubbed in a couple of places that's all.

"Embarrassing to admit to, but two things in experimental years.....
A "Cravat" and a "Robin Hood" hat with feathers!!!!!"

ROFL!

I can only assume the "experimental years" Aunty Post refers to involved the taking of copious amounts of LSD. There can be no other possible explanation for the Robin Hood titfer 

Whilst we are having this nostalgia thread, I would wager most on here have sat in the bath with their new pair of Levi's on getting them to shrink at some point.

Did you ever have.....

A "Kaolin Poultice" slapped on your chest, at just below boiling point, to draw out the fever?


no but when I was a kid if I ever had a cold, my sadistic old man used to make me drink a bottle of "Tripple A" after he had put a red hot poker in it. At the bottom it used to have a sediment of clinker from the poker, then I would have to go to bed where I would be left to sweat like a rapist.

Whilst we are having this nostalgia thread, I would wager most on here have sat in the bath with their new pair of Levi's on getting them to shrink at some point.

Guilty, though it was never that successful for me.

^^^ Not guilty

My best worst getup was for our finals at university when a bunch of us turned up for the last exam in black tie, but with wifebeater string vests instead of dress shirts. Terrible idea, and I definitely didn't carry it off.

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Really not sure about those undies

Aye, wouldn't the old noodle and 2 peas fall out of the holes?

No?

Just me?