denshaw 2,869 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 No collars on my string vests. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Both my grandfathers wore loose collars. Maternal grandfather wore stiff, winged collars with a dickie bow or cravat right up to his death in 1965. He was a very snappy dresser! Paternal grandfather wore those types of collar during the second world war when he had a post of some seniority at Chilwell Ordnance Depot. His relationship with my grandmother had been somewhat, shall we say, strained ever since she discovered he was having an affair in 1928 and she retaliated by doing anything she could to make him pay for it. This included starching his collars and ironing them inside out to make them extra difficult to put on! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Wives have a way of really getting revenge............the nearly white suite i mentioned was my pride and joy late 70s.............ex took scissors to it, mind you i had set fire to her red 'trouser suit'............lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Children...children.....please!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 LOL.............its ok Jill........we still love each other in a very platonic way.........and laugh about our ups and downs..........last time i visited her which i do when im down her way...........she got some old photos out of us together.......she had cellotaped em together........obviously having scissored them at some time.,i also get on in a funny way with her current husband (hes the third since me) he's a bit of a Carpenter and when he knows i'm coming goes and makes a gate or build a fence in the next Village..........bless him..........lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Maybe that newspaper leading article being read by the incredibly muscular Michael Booth in his caravan was written by your ex, Ben? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Yes i noticed that Jill.............she's a dead ringer for Liz in Corrie........but speaks posh nowadays...........makes me laugh when we have a gathering of the Clans............she's all ...........'oh hello,be over shortly'.......oh super yah'....wow thats divine'....must have a catch up'' how wonderful must go to Florida again...........i whisper in her ear..............yo from Stabbo what you talking like that for''.........she smiles and whispers in mine..........F... off Ben (real name) love it........and i know she does.................... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 Red trouser suit. Hopefully you did not ignite it while she was still wearing it. . If she just took the legs off your white pants you could still wear 'em as shorts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 "Hot Pants" 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 The place I buy my shirts still sell spare brass stiffeners, £4.95. Once i lose them though I don't bother replacing them. A light spray with starch is just as good but I rarely need to dress formally now days In another life the shop I worked in part time, ( I was fired for stoking the boiler in the basment until it glowed red) sold paper collars Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 9 hours ago, benjamin1945 said: Wives have a way of really getting revenge............the nearly white suite i mentioned was my pride and joy late 70s.............ex took scissors to it, mind you i had set fire to her red 'trouser suit'............lol. Did she want hot pants Ben ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 7 hours ago, loppylugs said: she just took the legs off your white pants you could still wear 'em as shorts. That's our Loppy. Ever practical! He might not have the legs for shorts though, Loppy! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 11 hours ago, benjamin1945 said: mind you i had set fire to her red 'trouser suit'.. Hot love ? Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 I probably don't have legs for shorts either, Jill. I'm past caring. . Long pants just about kill yer here in Ga. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Apart from my visits to Wetherspoons Bulwell and on very rare occasions I always wear shorts Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Keep it that way Rog...........Wetherspoons that is..........lol. I only wear shorts in odd kick-abouts football,........or on the garden if its really hot..........and on holiday...........never ever walk the streets in em in this country..........no matter what the weather.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Not exactly shorts, but short trousers. When I was at infants and junior school, almost all boys wore short trousers. You didn't move into long trousers until you went to secondary school; whereas now it seems to be long trousers from the beginning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Long trousers except in Summer, the little boys at our local primary school often wear grey shorts as part of. their school uniform. By little boys I mean 7 years old and younger.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Think I'll wear a kilt next year when we go to Edinburgh Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 On 06/09/2017 at 5:20 PM, benjamin1945 said: Yes Rog,most of mine have them, Can anyone remember buying collars seperately? My days in the RAF began with the daily chore of fastening collar studs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Ok, back to things you don't see any more. How about this...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 There are definitely some items where it's a good thing you don't see them any more. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Genuinely quaint cottages like this: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Thats not quaint youth, it's derelict ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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