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Cufflinks and Shirt Studs.

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The English flag of St. George. I'm a fan of Rugby Football, and of the national team.
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Art Deco inspired, came across these at the Great Gatsby gig. You should see this place, here's a taster:
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Duelling pistols, every married couple needs a pair.
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A very early, (in our married life) gift from my missus. We are both Pisceans.
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Remember the saxophonist? He loved these chefs hats, so I treated him to a pair, he always wears them if he knows that we have booked a table. And more often than not, I will wear mine.
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These were a very special surprise gift. My wife loves burlesque, she feels too old to be a performer, so she gets involved by styling the burlesque girls hair in period style. On one occasion when a performer arrived late for the show, we filled in with a sultry, raunchy if I'm honest, slow Rumba. The audience seemed to like it, and the performer still managed to do her act, albeit a tad late. The cuff links are corsets.
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All these have a story too, but as my collection has gathered over a period of sixty five years, I need to put my thinking cap on to remember their story.
When I've done that, I will have a look through these, some have a great tale to tell.
 
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Sometimes, back in the day before instant technology, you wanted to wear a watch but you didn't want it obtrusive.
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Did I say I was Rugby Football mad?
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I picked these up at the gift shop at Duxford on the day of our pleasure flight in a De Havilland Dragon Rapide. That was some day.
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More Art Deco, they look fabulous with a spearpoint shirt.
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The gold is tarnished, they were bought long before I had a shekel or two in my pocket, but I love them, perfect with a classic tux.
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Another bespoke pair, these are pre-decimal currency. The sixpence, at the time, was the ubiquitous coin. It went into pay phones, vending machines, practically everything except the public toilets, that was still a penny.
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Treble clef, a gift from a very talented man.
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When I'm not on the terraces at Twickenham, you will find me following "The Saints."
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A gambler, I am not. There's only one winner at gambling and it's not the punter.
 
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These three sets are all burlesque related. The first is the bullet bra, the second is the famous pose of Marilyn Monroe. The third is now just a souvenir. I took them off one night after getting rather warm, I removed my jacket, took the cufflinks out and rolled my sleeves back. The cufflinks went missing, later my wife found one of them in the street.
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These are either gifts or purchases that the grey cells cannot recall. But just like the stacks of records, books and a host of paraphernalia, I could never part with them.
 

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Cuff links and tie pins are a popular combination, but I have something a little more different. If I take my old MG out to a show or event, and if I decide to wear a shirt with cuff links, there can only be one choice. These, that my missus had made for me, and what would be different from a tie pin? How about an MG hat pin?

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