cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Tut! tut! It's a rug not a carpet.
Carpets cover the whole floor space. Rugs cover part of a floor or part of a carpet, and it's a late 19th, early 20th century Art Nouveau design/pattern, not a gaudy kitsch 1970's pattern.
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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Yes, one could dig potatoes
in the versatile tweed material suit, as tweed was originally made for 'the working class' factory workers, farm labourers, steeplejacks etc. That's why I bought a versatile tweed suit over a more formal fine wool, or wool and man made fiber one, designed more for such things as office wear and weddings. With the suit being made of a straight dark brown non patterned material, not a lighter coloured patterned one I can dress the suit up with a stiff collared colour matching pastel shade shirt, silk tie and formal brown, or tan shoes/boots, maybe even burgundy shoes/boots. Or I could dress the suit down with a Tattersall shirt, country themed tie and heavier soled brown or tan brogue boots/shoes. As for Hunters wellington boots, I prefer my Le Chameau all rubber and chamois leather lined ones over plastic containing Hunters. My olive green 'Wellingtons' are rarely worn and would definitely not be worn with a suit, even a versatile tweed one.
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grldtnr
Über Member
Yes, one could dig potatoes
Actually Accy, I am with you on wearing natural fibres, I am not sure all these modern fabrics, are any better, for wearabilty, but it's is quite difficult to afford them , I do wear natural fibres at affordable costs..
But perhaps Lycra /Polycotton is better on the bike, I do remember wearing the old woollen stuff cycling, it kept one cool/ warm even when wet, it it went shapeless when wet and took ages to dry .
Badger_Boom
Veteran
- Location
- York
I was recently reminded by a friend's Facebook post, that 25 years ago I attended their wedding wearing a suit and wellingtons because of a massive overnight snowfall.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
A swim suit?
winjim
Smash the cistern
Suit of armour?
grldtnr
Über Member
I've got some neoprene 'Muc' boots, warm enough ,ought to be sturdy enough to cross fields in, but not quite tall enough for fording deep puddles in, for winter walking, I prefer a deep fording capability.
I don't like the little heel on the Hunter boot., but the 'olive' colour of the 'Muc' boots matches my Donegal tweed cap!
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I have three wool cycling jerseys, though non have been worn while cycling for nearly four years, as I haven't ridden a bike for that long. One's an Italian flag design, one's a Belgium pale blue with the national flag design and the other's a retro Holdsworth orange and blue one. They were comfy for cycling in, but costing around £100 each I was always wary of coming off my bike and ripping them. I now wear them on cold days as a second layer over my cotton t-shirt base layer, then I'll wear a thick woolen jumper over them. I only really wear them to give them an airing to stop those horrible moths thinking they'll have a nibble at the wool. I count myself quite lucky as with all my tweed and wool items, so far I've never had a moth problem. I know of folk who've had moths and had a real problem getting rid of them. As for the time it takes for wool to dry, I tend to hand wash the more expensive items I have and gently squeeze not wring them, then lay them flat while turning them over every now and then till nearly dry, then put them on a hanger or over a warm not hot radiator, so they keep their shape. In the colder/more damp air months I've known wool stuff take four days to fully dry.
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Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Did you wear the wellingtons after you got there or did you take a pair of shoes to change into? I have an image of you wearing wellingtons for the wedding photos and it slightly reminds me of my wedding day in 1991. All the folk in the photos are dressed in the usual 'smart' stuff, but my nephew aged 10 at the time wore a polyester zip up jacket thing. To this day I still feel that my brother letting him wear such an item to his own brother's wedding was quite disrespectful. Every time I look at the family only photo I see that early 1990's kind of shell suit ( I think it was electric blue and red ) thing clashing with the traditional type wedding stuff.
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Or Shush Dogs as we used to call the in the 70s - !
Badger_Boom
Veteran
- Location
- York
Because the snow made us late we didn't have time to change before the ceremony. I wore my 'best' suit (it still is - a charcoal grey 3-piece that my father in law had made on Savile Row in 1965. It's a perfect fit and still looks fantastic), a pink gingham shirt, and a navy silk tie with pink spots, plus navy Hunter wellies. I changed into more appropriate footwear before we got to the reception.
grldtnr
Über Member
That's through good fortune rather than anything else, much as I would like a Saville Row ,suit i'd thinl it would be wasted on me,
Near where I lived as a little kid, Salford in the 1970s, there was a small department store called Butterworth's, it even had those glass cabinets with wooden drawers full of clothing, proper Grace Bros.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
For digging tatties it must be tacketty boots with nicky tams to keep the trouser bottoms up out of the muck.
