H.Johnson
One Too Many
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For Sale: A typical, timeless hillwalking jacket.
I'm still finding things at the bottom of my closet - things that there is no point in me keeping as they are now too big for me as I lose weight with the advancing years. I need to clear them out and you can help and benefit yourself at the same time. Don't make me put them on eBay!
There is an indigenous style of cotton outdoor jacket from the 'Golden Age' of the Lancashire textile industry. The style spanned both sides of WW2 and is typified by the Grenfell (from Burnley), the Bukta and the Sartor (from Manchester).
This example is by Sartor and is typical of the breed. You can see snapshots of a similar jacket worn just after WW2 in the thread elsewhere on Vintage Hillwalking. It is from the 1960s but the style hadn't changed much since the 1930s. Single breasted, central nickel zip, two waist cinches with chrome sliders, slant jetted pockets, in a sort of dark Lovat green fine twill cotton with a period-typical artificial silk lining in green. It is in very good condition, no noticeable wear to body or lining. The zip works well, but the slider has corroded slightly - no big deal, but if the buyer wishes I'll throw in a NOS replacement slider. This is an excellent 'entry level' jacket for the vintage British hillwalking fan. For the proper fit you'll be about 44" chest and around 6 feet tall. If you're a sissy and want to wear a woolly jumper (your mother knit it for you, right?) you will need to be a 42" chest.
Now, I hear you ask, if this jacket is so good, why is Sartor not around now? The answer is on the label. It says 'Member of the Trading Standards Association'. This was a manufacturers' body that pledged itself to telling the truth about its products. Really. A commitment to avoid 'hype', deceipt and falsification in its advertising. Is it any wonder they went of business?
So, rather too late, here is the necessary hype, courtesy of me.
First in the style of _rvis:
'Inspired by those intrepid picknickers who took to the moors in mild drizzle with nothing but sandwiches and a Thermos flask...'
and second in the style of J._eterman:
'He loomed out of the mist, on the path down from Crowden to Edale. "By 'eck, lad", he said, "Ahm off tut pub, ahm fair clemt an me clogs ur boltered oop". With that he was gone, but I'll never forget him or his jacket...'
Now, how can you resist? Here are detailed measurements and photos (I'm still learning to use a digital camera and the blob on the back is an effect of the light).
Armpit to Armpit = 25" or 63cm
Back length (nape to hem) = 28" or 71cm
Tailor's arm (nape to cuff) = 34" or 84cm
Underarm = 19" or 48cm
Waist = 23" or 58cm
I'm still finding things at the bottom of my closet - things that there is no point in me keeping as they are now too big for me as I lose weight with the advancing years. I need to clear them out and you can help and benefit yourself at the same time. Don't make me put them on eBay!
There is an indigenous style of cotton outdoor jacket from the 'Golden Age' of the Lancashire textile industry. The style spanned both sides of WW2 and is typified by the Grenfell (from Burnley), the Bukta and the Sartor (from Manchester).
This example is by Sartor and is typical of the breed. You can see snapshots of a similar jacket worn just after WW2 in the thread elsewhere on Vintage Hillwalking. It is from the 1960s but the style hadn't changed much since the 1930s. Single breasted, central nickel zip, two waist cinches with chrome sliders, slant jetted pockets, in a sort of dark Lovat green fine twill cotton with a period-typical artificial silk lining in green. It is in very good condition, no noticeable wear to body or lining. The zip works well, but the slider has corroded slightly - no big deal, but if the buyer wishes I'll throw in a NOS replacement slider. This is an excellent 'entry level' jacket for the vintage British hillwalking fan. For the proper fit you'll be about 44" chest and around 6 feet tall. If you're a sissy and want to wear a woolly jumper (your mother knit it for you, right?) you will need to be a 42" chest.
Now, I hear you ask, if this jacket is so good, why is Sartor not around now? The answer is on the label. It says 'Member of the Trading Standards Association'. This was a manufacturers' body that pledged itself to telling the truth about its products. Really. A commitment to avoid 'hype', deceipt and falsification in its advertising. Is it any wonder they went of business?
So, rather too late, here is the necessary hype, courtesy of me.
First in the style of _rvis:
'Inspired by those intrepid picknickers who took to the moors in mild drizzle with nothing but sandwiches and a Thermos flask...'
and second in the style of J._eterman:
'He loomed out of the mist, on the path down from Crowden to Edale. "By 'eck, lad", he said, "Ahm off tut pub, ahm fair clemt an me clogs ur boltered oop". With that he was gone, but I'll never forget him or his jacket...'
Now, how can you resist? Here are detailed measurements and photos (I'm still learning to use a digital camera and the blob on the back is an effect of the light).
Armpit to Armpit = 25" or 63cm
Back length (nape to hem) = 28" or 71cm
Tailor's arm (nape to cuff) = 34" or 84cm
Underarm = 19" or 48cm
Waist = 23" or 58cm
