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  1. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    You’re very much a man after my own heart. I’ve been wearing commando sweaters for over 40 years - had my first aged about 11 (and very interested in everything to do with the Army) and wore them both in leisure time and in the Corps at school from 14-18. Have enjoyed wearing them ever since and...
  2. Ticklishchap

    Autumnal Thoughts........

    Interesting that it's described as Stout. Also Comstock is a well-known name. I like the look of it.
  3. Ticklishchap

    Autumnal Thoughts........

    Thank you for all of these. I must try this beer next time I'm in North America for Thanksgiving - your Thanksgiving, MisterCairo, is coming soon I think and I wish you a very happy one!
  4. Ticklishchap

    Autumnal Thoughts........

    Thick wool sweaters.
  5. Ticklishchap

    Autumnal Thoughts........

    Tell me about Pumpkin Beer. It’s clearly another North American thing!
  7. Ticklishchap

    Autumnal Thoughts........

    I can't wait for the frost. The colder the better I think!!!
  8. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Very much Woolly Pully weather today and I have been enjoying my black Royal Tank Regt WP.
  9. Ticklishchap

    Hasidic Jews and the Fedora

    I was more an LBC listener I have to admit because I am a bit of a news junkie and was one even back then. ... I think I remember that there was a good jazz programme on Radio London before it became GLR.
  10. Ticklishchap

    Hasidic Jews and the Fedora

    dynamic-and-polyglot-judaisms-hasidic-revival-movement Another article from 'My Jewish Learning' with some details of the Hasidic revival, which seems to be quite large-scale. There are references to the doctrine of reincarnation in Hasidic spirituality: I don not know whether the fedoras...
  11. Ticklishchap

    Hasidic Jews and the Fedora

    Re. your Islington reference: recently Islington was voted the most miserable place in the country to live, first in the Evening Standard for women, then in another newspaper for us chaps as well - in fact all of humanity. I know it well through work and apart from a few tiny oases it is an...
  13. Ticklishchap

    Hasidic Jews and the Fedora

    I found myself thinking about LBC as a result of this thread and its detour. In the 80s and early 90s there was actually quite a good level of reporting and even investigative journalism. There was a reliance on 'phone-ins (with the amusingly rude Australian, Brian Hayes in the morning for...
  14. Ticklishchap

    Hasidic Jews and the Fedora

    I recall the bagel murder case from earlier this year. ... Re. the Golders Green Road version of the Big Red Building jingle, it is of much more recent vintage. I also stopped listening to LBC when it became an imitation of American 'shock jock' stations and hired one of our worst political...
  15. Ticklishchap

    Hasidic Jews and the Fedora

    Although a North Londoner by upbringing, I remember going to Petticoat Lane market. Another memory I have of that time was the radio jingle “Goldrange, Sheepskin and Leather Centre - The Big Red Building on Petticoat Lane!” advertising aforesaid attraction on LBC Radio. The Big Red Building...
  16. Ticklishchap

    Hasidic Jews and the Fedora

    Below are two interesting and relevant articles about the relationship between Hasidic Jews and hats, the first referring to modern Israel, the second to historical developments in central Europe. I work very near Hatton Garden in central London, where (as in Antwerp) a large number of Hasidic...
  17. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Thanks. I can’t wait!
  19. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I have just taken advantage of the 15% offer from OKW by placing an order for a Navy Woolly Pully Roll Neck.
  20. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    I would be interested to hear some of those memories. ... As it was a boys' boarding school, it was an even more enclosed male environment than Cooper's. Sport, known as 'eccer', was more important than academic achievement and there was a strong emphasis on the Corps as well. Discipline was...
  21. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    Maybe the cold was one of the reasons for all those farts.
  22. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    No - I did not go to school in the Mile End Road but I’ve heard of Cooper’s. What’s the significance in this context?!
  23. Ticklishchap

    Fishermen's sweaters site

    I've already been wearing Woolly Pullies and look forward to months of sweater wearing, including fishermen's sweaters.

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