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Clothes & shoes of yesteryear

mw0njm. said:
mom got me a woolie crombie type overcoat from a jumblesale when i was about 13 it had no lining in the pockets when you put anything in them it went down into the lining, i loved that coat like your dad lynn i felt a propper dandy with it on
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Crombie another smart piece of clothing. A work colleague would always wear his Crombie with a silk handkerchief in the pocket collar and tie if we met up in Birmingham City centre. Always looked immaculate . Fond memories.
 
Vivienne14 said:
For a short time I dabbled in a 1930s/40s look, probably because I loved watching B&W films of that period. I had a couple of home knitted short jumpers, pencil skirt, short silk blouse and brown gaberdene belted raincoat, slightly flared. I also had a 1930s leather handbag from my nan. And in summer it was cotton lawn dresses also slightly flared, with short knitted pontil cardigans (I bought two; one red, one brown) from Bus Stop on New Street. My interest probably only lasted about 18 months and then I moved on to the next fad. But that's how it was in the 1960s and 70s for me.
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Loved the shop Bus Stop. I bought a pink jacket with flared sleeves from there in the 70s and kept it for years, wish I hadn't got rid of it. I also loved old handbags, we used to buy them from the rag market in the 60s.
 
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i always wore one thats how i am here writing this.
The introduction of the law 1973 followed years of concern about the dangers of not wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle. This concern dated back to at least 1935 when T. E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, died of head injuries after crashing his Brough Superior SS100.
 
mw0njm. said:
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i always wore one thats how i am here writing this.
The introduction of the law 1973 followed years of concern about the dangers of not wearing a helmet when riding a motorcycle. This concern dated back to at least 1935 when T. E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, died of head injuries after crashing his Brough Superior SS100.
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I always wore an Aviakit Trackstar (sp) silver of course starting in 1959. Didn’t know that T E Lawrence trivia.
 
I had a bike in the 60's, would not be seen dead in that hat Pete, #668 Richard, great sadness of my young life Richard, we were briefed to go to Brighton, Whitesentide Monday, 1964, as young sprogs, we were issued with pick elves, and helmets, to assist the local authorities in crowd control, and riot. (Mods and Rockers), We were all really looking forward to it hardly slept, then they cancelled it on the day. What a let down !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Time Traveller 66 said:
Just shows how design and safety have advanced over time and how that helmet may have been worn by someone on the Isle of Man TT back in the day.
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Absolutely! Looking back I realize how inadequate those helmets were by comparison to what we have today. I do business with a company in India that a large part of their business is helmets that they sell globally with lots of regulations!
 
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