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As one of our radio announcers says in his Lancashire accent: 'call me if it's safe and legal'.Legal and eminently suited for my study desk.
As one of our radio announcers says in his Lancashire accent: 'call me if it's safe and legal'.Legal and eminently suited for my study desk.
I have realised that I wore my first woolly pully in 1977, aged 11 - it was olive, and Navy soon followed. This means that I have been wearing these sweaters for over 38 years!
Richard
That's a good photo and I hope you'll get a lot of wear out of the WP. Thanks. There'll doubtless be another OKW sale soon. Re. American English, could you translate 'swinging the lead'? I remember Brigade Quartermaster.
It's one of those expressions that takes us back to a time when we had manufacturing industry. It's worrying how much vocabulary from the recent past we seem to be losing.Not sure if you’re joking there but I aways though swinging the lead was English English. A near synonym for skiving. Both long gone tasks where the progress made was hard to quantify so easy to shirk on. Though the former could end in a disaster if the leadsman did shirk.
And I too am in a Navy WP just now. 1972 is even more of an achievement but then you're a bit older than me! ...I Think I have been wearing them since about 1972! As said above, it has been very warm recently for the time of year, seems a worldwide thing at the moment. Having said that, I happen to be in a navy WP just now.
Yes, I like the RAF blue and wear mine quite frequently. The Dark Grey Mix is a good colour as well.I was wearing mine over the weekend. RAF blue/grey model. They're great jumpers.
Like many people, I have been complaining about the unseasonably mild weather and the persistent south-west winds bringing it in. I hope for a change to cooler or colder weather in the New Year! However, you are further south than me so it is probably worse. I have been able to wear jumpers, including WPs, on many days, sometimes in lieu of a jacket.Unseasonably warm weather in the UK, means no wearing of jumpers at all. I have acquired a few vintage 70s and 80s Bridgedale and Commando versions of wps over the summer. Those jumpers seem better quality wool, a tighter rib, longer length and more attention to detail in the overlocking of seams than Kempton do now. Even an old cream roll neck rib jumper seems better put together than the modern green and brown marl versions I have - they seem to get floppy and out of shape easier and the roll necks are too loose fitting too, maybe is a tension issue in the knit. I mentioned how strange the submarine jumpers look in an earlier post, in relation to the old Pick & Sons models I have and a nice 1960s issue version - the latest model has a weird fold in the roll / polo neck - you can see this on the site. Maybe this is symptomatic of the company taking their eye off the ball in terms of quality; given the greater volume of sales of these through the ebay site and internet? I saw on their negative feedback, that someone said they were made offshore now? I can't imagine that happening in Leics, of all places, but I do wonder after trying to sell some of my WP collection on ebay and being prevented from doing so by Kempton, that there's a problem and copies of an inferior quality are in the market - even if they're not mine. Either way, it doesn't bode well and I am reluctant to buy any other colours of the styles that I like, just in case & obviously am not very enamoured if you can't sell off 2nd hand versions on the used market. Poor show really.
Perfect day for an olive Army WP today.
Unseasonably warm weather in the UK, means no wearing of jumpers at all. I have acquired a few vintage 70s and 80s Bridgedale and Commando versions of wps over the summer. Those jumpers seem better quality wool, a tighter rib, longer length and more attention to detail in the overlocking of seams than Kempton do now. Even an old cream roll neck rib jumper seems better put together than the modern green and brown marl versions I have - they seem to get floppy and out of shape easier and the roll necks are too loose fitting too, maybe is a tension issue in the knit. I mentioned how strange the submarine jumpers look in an earlier post, in relation to the old Pick & Sons models I have and a nice 1960s issue version - the latest model has a weird fold in the roll / polo neck - you can see this on the site. Maybe this is symptomatic of the company taking their eye off the ball in terms of quality; given the greater volume of sales of these through the ebay site and internet? I saw on their negative feedback, that someone said they were made offshore now? I can't imagine that happening in Leics, of all places, but I do wonder after trying to sell some of my WP collection on ebay and being prevented from doing so by Kempton, that there's a problem and copies of an inferior quality are in the market - even if they're not mine. Either way, it doesn't bode well and I am reluctant to buy any other colours of the styles that I like, just in case & obviously am not very enamoured if you can't sell off 2nd hand versions on the used market. Poor show really.
One of the dilemmas when you have as many WPs as I do is not only which colour but which model to wear. For example, I have 4 different types of Navy: patchless, standard model with patches, patches and epps, patches, epps and pen pocket. I have opted for the latter today!