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It don't mean a thing
just spent two hours on YouTube. I swear half that must have been watching Reg Kehoe. Or rather watching the Marimba Queens. This is why I don't spend so much time on the Lounge anymore, somehow a visit here always seems to stop me from getting any work done. The cat on the bass is Frank...- nightandthecity
- Post #14
- Forum: The Golden Era
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WWII Espionage
Many German resisters ened up acting as allied agents. the most important being no less a person than Admiral Canaris, head of the Abwehr (German Military Intelligence), but their contact tended to be with Britain or Russia rather than the US. As far as I know the full story of the German...- nightandthecity
- Post #23
- Forum: WWII
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Music?
To get back to the original issue: for the full on gangster experience don't compromise! Go for any good 1920s/30s jazz. Most of the inter-war mobsters were big jazz fans. Capone's brother Ralph is reputed to have said "it's got guts, and it don't make you slobber". Big Al himself was...- nightandthecity
- Post #45
- Forum: Radio
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The BEST shoe color !
I have a pair of 1930s Oxfords by good old Loake in a nice restrained oxblood/russett. The vamp is oxblood and the toe cap and quarters a very red rusett. When I got them they were covered in layers of brown polish and dust, i didn't realize what i'd found till I got the gunk off with acetone...- nightandthecity
- Post #32
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Jeans
.....not to mention an ORIGINAL pair of full cut Lee 200-0041 that just sold for the grand sum of £21.01!! I must be doing something wrong.- nightandthecity
- Post #58
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Jeans
if you put in the effort you can get LVC and Lee vintage on ebay for less or at least the same as a pair of their ordinary modern jeans. Jeez, I just listed a pair of Lee Europe 1950s repro 101z for £10 (that's about $20) and they didn't get a single bid!- nightandthecity
- Post #57
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Zippers
well damn, I thought you might know BT! Actually, I thought I had the date somewhere in one of my Japanese denim books, but if so it's miraculously erased itself..as these things do. Yep, not been around this bar for a long time. Too busy earning a crust and raising a family etc etc. But I...- nightandthecity
- Post #50
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Zippers
TALON 42 ZIPS OK, calling all fellow ZIPAHOLIC slide fastener anoraks (BT? Alan E?) Anyone know exactly when the Talon 42 zip was introduced? I know it was in the 1960s but so far I can't find a more precise date. I am about to list a pair of 1960s cavalry twill pants on ebay and they...- nightandthecity
- Post #47
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Ladies...
and you didn't even win that great 1930s black bike jacket on ebay (the one that got relisted.....drool!)- nightandthecity
- Post #56
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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auschwitz
The best film ever made about the Holocaust is Shoah from 1985...it lasts for 9 1/2 hours and uses not even one piece of old archive footage. Every bit of footage is modern. They go the sites, they interview the survivors and the guards - men who could be your father (my generation). And it...- nightandthecity
- Post #14
- Forum: WWII
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Ladies...
ummm... errrr.... I think Mud has finally sold his wonderful jacket collection and gone on a major bender with the proceeds. Notice he's fallen silent! That's cos he's now lying in bed (alone) wishing that he had kept his jackets and that his head didn't hurt so much. ITS ALL RIGHT...- nightandthecity
- Post #53
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Help! Stop Me. I live in South Florida for God's Sake.
Nowhere near enough. Its made worse by the fact that a) I am a serial accumulator of all sorts of old junk not just clothes b) I keep my business stock at home c) my wife is almost as bad as me Fortunately we do have a lot more storage space than most people, and I am very adept at the...- nightandthecity
- Post #25
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Naff today...
... must have been around 1982-86. They had a girl played the fiddle, I forget her name, and I depped for her. The Leeds music scene was very close knit back then, there was a lot of depping between bands. "Where Were You" is my fave! Great record.- nightandthecity
- Post #113
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How Old Are The Members of The Fedora Lounge?
56. Born in 1949. In some ways it is quite odd getting this far. Mentally I don't really feel any different than, say, at 36. Physically - well, a lot of things hurt that didn't use to. The one really good thing about getting older is that you develop a different sense of time. 10 years...- nightandthecity
- Post #196
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Age of Profanity
Words are just sounds. They have no inherent properties. Swear words are just words we define as taboo precisly so we can use them in certain situations to express strong feelings. People have always done this and always will. I doubt very much if people swear more nowadays. In terms of my...- nightandthecity
- Post #35
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Commonwealth clothing sizes
yes, i want to confirm Alan's point because it needs stressing. The numbering system varies between different clothing types. For example, the Irvin jacket system is quite different from (and much simpler than) the BD system. Its also worth bearing in mind that the actual fit of what was...- nightandthecity
- Post #10
- Forum: WWII
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Help! Stop Me. I live in South Florida for God's Sake.
KATT.... .....resistance is futile. Just give in to it. I have over 50 jackets and coats, even though I have found I can only wear one at a time. No, actually, I have found that I can wear two at a time by the simple expedient of wearing heavy over light: e.g. trench coat over leather jacket!- nightandthecity
- Post #23
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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prison medical benefits??
um...is this sarcasm Baron? If so remember no-one can see your facial expression or hear your tone of voice! Plus Americans aren't as strong on sarcasm and irony as us Brits.....- nightandthecity
- Post #20
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Naff today...
A surprising number of early 80s pop/rock figures were in their thirties. Though having said that I can only think of Debbie Harry off hand. I was born in 1949 myself and I was playing in post-punk bands at the time. I played occassionally with the Mekons and one of the regular members was...- nightandthecity
- Post #105
- Forum: The Observation Bar
