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    Akubra Snowy River

    For Sale - Akubra Snowy River. The Snowy River is worn by many Australians and is one of the most stylish, flamboyant and popular Akubra hats. This version of the original drover's hat is made from thick, firm 100% rabbit fur felt with a hat band made from kangaroo skin and a colourful...
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    Aero 1936 Flying Boots (sold)

    The '36 pattern boots that Eastman used to sell had the correct shape of vamp. I have a pair of '36 Aero boots for sale, by the way. Alan
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    WW1 dudes hang out...

    There was recently a meeting of Britain's three remaining active service veterans of WW1. Mr. Harry Patch (109) was a machine gunner with the DCLI and ws wounded at Passchendeale in 1917. He now lives in Wells and I once had the pleasure of meeting him. Mr. Henry Allingham (111) served as an...
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    Fashion shift...

    I welcome observations on instances of what I call 'fashion shift' - where a style or item of clothing that you have worn for years is taken over by another group, perhaps to your annoyance. The classic case of this is, of course, denim. It began as US workwear, worn in the depression-era...
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    What's your favourite porridge?

    I regard myself as a connoisseur of the noble porridge, and I'm sure there must be others in the Lounge. Usually regarded as a Scottish delicacy, there are equivalent oaten gruels from various parts of the world and numerous ways of making it. My preference is this recipe: Ingredients...
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    Wartime cartoons

    Does anyone else collect WW2 cartoons (e.g. Jon's Two Types)? Alan
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    Knobsticks

    As requested, some observations on the noble family of those country walking accessories, knobsticks, to which others are invited to add. I can only recommend them as a pleasing accessory, useful implement and interesting hobby, whether as a collector or as a maker. First, the basic types...
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    Some kind of dog...

    The dog should have been made to do obedience classes and the owner gun safety classes... Condolences to the friends and family of the deceased, of course. From AOL News: "A hunting dog shot his owner dead after stepping on the trigger of a loaded shotgun. Perry Alvin Price died in a...
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    The three worst vices of 1950...

    In war-time and post-war UK, rationing of food, clothes and fuel created a situation of 'virtuous equality', in which people went to extremes to show that they were in the same situation and had the same things as their neighbours. To do otherwise was to appear unpatriotic, lacking moral fibre...
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    Guernsey jumper

    There is a thread in 'WWII' on the British military jersey (or 'RAF roll-neck sweater' as some people will have it) and Smithy's new mother in law is in the process of recreating a RN 'Jersey, White' with her knitting skills. It stuck me that, while jerseys are great traditional fishermans'...
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    A quick quiz question...

    ...this came up in a pub quiz the other night. Which individual on the Allied side destroyed the most Axis aircraft in WW2? A clue - it is generally credited as 130, with 23 coming in one day. PS, my team got it right, which shows what 'sad', retentive...err...people we are. Anyone out...
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    Changes in formal social events

    I am involved in organising an annual ball that has taken place every November since the 1940s. It is a formal event (evening wear for ladies and gentlemen) in lavish surroundings, beginning with a sit-down dinner, followed by ballroom dancing to an orchestra with the evening ending...
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    Beautiful 40's styled Buzz Rickson B15a flying jacket

    For Sale: A size 40 Buzz Rickson reproduction B-15B. The first nylon 'jet jockey ' jacket, introduced soon after WW2 (some originals bear the USSAF decal and some the USAF) and many were still in use at the time of the Korean War. Some people rate these more highly than the 'Korean era' B-15C...
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    Student recreates athletic challenge

    A young Cambridge University student (19 year old Sam Dobin) has achieved the feat of running around the Great Court of Trinity College while the bell of the College clock strikes noon. This challenge is, of course, featured in the film Chariots of Fire (although the film set is at Eton!)...
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    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    I was at a trade fair in South China last week and was suprised to see a Ralph Lauren duffle coat. Surprised partly because it doesn't seem to fit the semi-tropical climate, surprised even more because it was a reasonable copy of a 'first pattern' WW2 duffle coat, as worn in the Royal Navy...
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    Gloves

    I used to be keen on gloves, but sort of 'went off them' a few years ago. But this weekend I found a pair in a charity (goodwill) shop that just may start me all over again... A pair of 1920s vintage men's gloves by Firkins of Worcester in unworn condition. In naked goatskin, English thumb...
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    Public derision

    In the same week that the Church of England has advise its Vicars not to wear their clerical ('dog') collars in public because of they are said to provoke attacks from teenage 'yobs', here is an item about the similar treatment of moustaches from our daily news...
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    A real celebrity

    I have just had the amazing experience of spending 4 hours sitting next to Dame Helen Mirren on a cheap flight from Italy. What a lady! Elegant, beautiful, reserved, graceful and quietly charismatic. As a long-term devotee of hers, superlatives fail me entirely. Respecting her privacy and...
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    Lightning zipper sliders free

    Not really a classified advertisement, but due to circumstances that need not detain us, I have acquired a supply of sliders and pullers for the 1960s - 1970s No5 Lightning zip(per). The small sort used commonly used on gentlemen's trousers and ladies' dresses from this period. They were...
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    Another 'Indy' Mark 7 bag unissued

    I have for sale another Case, Box Respirator - otherwise known as an 'Indiana Jones bag'. This example is in excellent unissued condition - compare it to the $45 up 'unissued' bags shown on certain websites. It has no date or makers stamp on the inside of the flap. There are some storage...

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