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  1. Salv

    Accessorizing a white Palm Beach suit.

    Paddy - what size shoe do you wear? I bought a pair of white buck shoes on US eBay which were listed incorrectly as a UK size 9, when they're at least a UK 10. It would have cost a lot to send them back, and I thought I could pad out the toes if I ever wanted to wear them, but I've never...
  2. Salv

    Any Baracuta/G9/Harrington fans?

    You're welcome Marty, glad you found it useful.
  3. Salv

    Any Baracuta/G9/Harrington fans?

    I really need to check eBay more regularly ... just about my size too. Can nylon be dyed? ;) There's a Sears Antifreeze copy as well, in red, but too small! It will be interesting to see how high that goes. I know what you mean about not spotting it as nylon in the movie. Doesn't Dean...
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    Teddy Boy Rock'n'Roll

    Teds, at least in London (I don't know what it was like where Alan lived), were at least as racist as their working class contemporaries, and would not normally have associated with black immignants, who were mainly Afro-Caribbean. My mum and her brother - my uncle Norman - were young Teds in...
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    Any Baracuta/G9/Harrington fans?

    The official James Dean site has a jacket for sale for $77.95, which is very close except that it's cotton, rather than nylon, and looks a little baggier than the original: There's a Dean jacket thread with some excellent research by a poster called smsstuart who seems to have joined the...
  7. Salv

    Any Baracuta/G9/Harrington fans?

    Are those the crepe soled shoes? I've got a pair of those in black, and yes, they're lovely shoes although the crepe gets cut and wears quite quickly. I don't wear them as much as I thought I would. I was in there once with my daughter, who was just a toddler at the time and was wearing an...
  8. Salv

    Any Baracuta/G9/Harrington fans?

    It's not a bad Dean look-alike, but Dean's jacket in Rebel was a shiny nylon McGregor Antifreeze. They never seem to turn up now in any colour. I still prefer my Drizzler though as a spring jacket.
  9. Salv

    Any Baracuta/G9/Harrington fans?

    Hi Cobblers, and welcome to the Lounge. Nice to see another J. Simons fan here.
  10. Salv

    Any Baracuta/G9/Harrington fans?

    They're great jackets - I started a thread a while ago comparing them to the equally classic, but much cheaper, McGregor Drizzler. Have a look here.
  11. Salv

    Vintage Coffee Makers

    I use a small stove-top percolator if I have time, or a French press if I have to hurry a little, and the coffee from the percolator tastes much fuller and richer, plus it stays hotter, than the press. I had to experiment to get the right amount of coffee grounds to water, and to get the right...
  13. Salv

    The Jitterbug Years - Watch Online

    Ah, yes, good point.
  14. Salv

    The Jitterbug Years - Watch Online

    Or Staines!
  15. Salv

    The Jitterbug Years - Watch Online

    Unfortunately copyright laws take precedence over internet communication...
  16. Salv

    George MacDonald Fraser, RIP

    I haven't read any of the Flashman books, but I can recommend his memoir of his wartime experiences in Burma, Quartered Safe Out Of Here.
  17. Salv

    BEST OF 2007

    CD - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights Movie - American Gangster TV Series - Heroes
  19. Salv

    The Jitterbug Years - Watch Online

    I saw it a while ago - I think it was originally part of a BBC4 series called The Lost Decade 1945-1955 shown a couple of years ago - and I really enjoyed it. I would have liked some kind of analysis of the changes in British society, but by the time they had crammed in all those wonderful film...
  20. Salv

    "Fedora Hats Are Rarely Sexy"

    I've had 30 years of ridicule for wearing dead men's clothes, most recently last Friday night when someone wondered why a Teddy Boy was listening to soul music in a pub. It's second nature to ignore the sneers.
  21. Salv

    S.F. doctor honored for helping save France from Nazis

    It does make sense, you just haven't read it right. Your second sentence agrees exactly with what I said. No, the big difference is that the Polish Government didn't surrender. The French Government surrendered, but French troops continued the fight against the Nazis until the end of the...
  22. Salv

    The DINER.

    I haven't checked this thread for a while so I missed this: Lovely photos lyburnum - did you take them? Thanks gents - you're both very kind :o Thanks for posting this Larry. I like knowing the history of these diners, and it's great that you've actually been in them as well.
  23. Salv

    S.F. doctor honored for helping save France from Nazis

    But not quite all the truth.

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