Clothes & shoes of yesteryear

[lmr3103]

Yes Lyn, what they learned seemed to stay with them all their life. My Dad never let my Mom iron his trousers, he prefererred to do them himself using brown paper with the iron to get the perfect crease!

 

[Dionysius//88]

My very first pair of stocking. It was a special "do" at the church hall, with BOYS. I was about 15 and up to then wore ankle socks, knitted by me during class at school [what was that called, when we sewed and knitted, not domestic science was it?] Anyway....I rushed home from school full of excitement and my mom handed me a package and inside was the most dreadful pair of lisle stocking I have ever seen and a suspender belt, I was distraught. The b......things a sort of uncooked pale sausage colour and almost as soon as I put them on started to wrinkle all round the ankles. :cry: I didn't have a good time and no one asked me to dance, can't think why, red hair, freckles, painfully shy and wrinkled stockings

A bit like a 15yo Norah Batty Last of the Summer Wine then poor you

 

[Astoness]

Yes Lyn, what they learned seemed to stay with them all their life. My Dad never let my Mom iron his trousers, he prefererred to do them himself using brown paper with the iron to get the perfect crease!

lol snap ...dad always did his own ironing as well

lyn

 

[Donbogen]

Im ex Army i did all the ironing in our house at 7 this morning

 

[Time Traveller 66]

They look extremely well looked after. They bring to mind my Dad, who after doing his National Service loved cleaning his shoes. Later in years he cleaned our shoes every Sunday night. I don't think I've ever equalled the shine he got on them!

I have still got some polish brushes ones to apply the polish and the others to buff them to a shine . Used to do the same with football boots and dubbin. Was the old phrase Spit and Polish.

 

[Donbogen]

I have still got some polish brushes ones to apply the polish and the others to buff them to a shine . Used to do the same with football boots and dubbin. Was the old phrase Spit and Polish.

Yes spit and polish water is best as spit produces a mould to grow on the polish
l feed my docs with balsam all mine are made in England not the rubbish ones that are made today in Asia

 

[Richard Dye]

I have still got some polish brushes ones to apply the polish and the others to buff them to a shine . Used to do the same with football boots and dubbin. Was the old phrase Spit and Polish.

I still have the same in the garage: black shoes, brown, clear and cordovan. Went down to black and brown, then black now almost never use anymore.

 

[Eric Gibson]

I've still got the boot brushes I was issued with when I was called up for National Service in 1953. Still got my army number inked on them.

 

[Donbogen]

The pair i wore this morning

 

[Donbogen]

Damm still unpacking can not find my brushes

 

[lmr3103]

I have still got some polish brushes ones to apply the polish and the others to buff them to a shine . Used to do the same with football boots and dubbin. Was the old phrase Spit and Polish.

I think it was the 'Spit' that worked the magic!

 

[Donbogen]

I think it was the 'Spit' that worked the magic!

yes i still do it even after using water
but on akit inspection once i got bounced for having mould growing inside boot polish tin
CSM said us water lad

 

[Dionysius//88]

Anyone wear a leather fringed waistcoat. I had one similar to this one. Bought it from Chelsea Girl in Erdington. It was a tan leather colour and I loved it. Bought a matching fringed handbag too. You can never have enough fringes. Viv.

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I made one of these out of mens industrial leather aprons when I fancied myself as Roger Daltrey , I wore it a couple of times in the pub I used to use

 

[Dionysius//88]

Got my first time pair in 69 i still wear them now
just unpacked these just assembling rack now

Fair old selection there

 

[Dionysius//88]

They look extremely well looked after. They bring to mind my Dad, who after doing his National Service loved cleaning his shoes. Later in years he cleaned our shoes every Sunday night. I don't think I've ever equalled the shine he got on them!

My wife chatting to a woman at work mentioned to another woman about the time I left for work , the woman replied has he got very shiny shoes . The wife replied he polishes them every day

 

[Dionysius//88]

lol snap ...dad always did his own ironing as well

lyn

I used to iron my own shirts so I could get the collar right, also Iironed my own trousers save getting tram lines

 

[lmr3103]

Anyone would think us ladies can't iron!!

 

[Dionysius//88]

Anyone would think us ladies can't iron!!

I had to do it when I was younger being in St John's and later mother and the wife used to get little creases in the collar and sometimes tramline in my strides

 

[lmr3103]

That would never do ! I must admit when I first met my husband he ironed a shirt for work every day. Since we've been married, he must have forgotten where the iron is..........!