Preparedness for when

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Thanks nuatha, I will have a look at them...

I am a wash and wear type gal... So I strip off at night, put my onsie on, and then clothes get thrown in the washing machine, then the dryer, and are ready for the morning..so you see me more or less in the same clothes for months lol..and this was even though we owned a big secondhand clothing business..

Quality of clothes have def gone you could notice it from the mid 80s onwards, when our textile industry went into decline as more and more clothes were made abroad, and the London yuppies who worked in London started the frenzy of share buying etc, and the main object of big companies were profits for their shareholders.. This goes for the quality of our food too IMO.

I also think it's a ploy, same as electrical goods, where things were made to last, now the companies don't want that, as it will drive future sales down.. So lower quality clothes, plus the throwaway fast fashion , they are rubbing their grubby hands all the way to the bank..

Still looking out for nice wool socks I can wear with my wellies ...

Just to give you the heads up, went into Aldi yesterday, and picked up their leaflet, they are going to sell neoprene wellies next week £19.99 which is a very good price.

GreyQueen

Can't remember when C&A closed in the UK but reckon it must've been circa 20 years ago. I still come across their branded stuff in the chazzers from time to time, and have a few pieces. Virtually indestructable.

Time was, you could buy good quality clothing on the British high street, made in Britain. I looks at the stuff M & S and others have out there now and think you cannot be serious, this is so thin and flimsy it's going to be a rag after ten washes. I'm not spending good money on that.

I also turn stuff around pretty quickly, not by using a dryer but by changing out of things as soon as I come in, running a wash, racking it on the clothes horse and it dries overnight. Plenty of times I dress straight off the rack the next day and folks with nothing better to do with their time might wonder if I always wear the same clothes.......... let 'em.

moneyistooshorttomention

calicocat wrote: »

Best sweater i've ever had I got from a shop about 30 years ago in the lakes. Wool, hand knitted by a company set up and the sweaters made by blind people.

I still have it (being a bit of a hoarder), probably wouldn't fit into it now though.

You want to buy a genuine Icelandic jumper if you ever get the chance.

I used to have one - bought when I was in that part of the world. Boy - do they do warm? I could head out in darn cold weather some counties up country and be perfectly warm without even having to bother putting a coat on.

Darn moth got it out though:(

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lillibet_dripping wrote: »

DOES GQ KNOW:eek::eek::eek:

GQ can use my Dongle, any time she wants.

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GreyQueen wrote: »

Ssshhh, I'm trying not to encourage BB in his unwholesome infatuation with me.

Now I'm disappointed.

And I ain't sharing the naughty step with anyone.

You could sit on my knee, and we'd talk about the first thing that came up.

thriftwizard

I'm wearing a lovely old Laura Ashley pure wool jumper, probably early 90s. Somewhat felted & smaller than it should be, but wonderfully warm & cosy, it cost me £4 second-hand on the local market. Ditto a even-more-felted LA knitted navy blue wool ex-knee-length skirt, which I've had for EVER. Worn over a pair of elderly cycle leggings; I bought some new ones from the same UK brand last year & was dismayed to find them much thinner & flimsier than the first pair, so heartily concur with GQ's theory about makers getting greedy & CTC's dating of the decline to the mid-80s - that applies to all kinds of goods.

I also own a lovely Barbour jacket, which cost me 20p towards the end of a jumble sale; I scooped it up with an armful of other stuff, thinking it'd do OK for gardening, & was gobsmacked when I got home, examined my trophies & realised exactly what I'd got! And a superb pure wool felt Finnish overcoat, which was a huge bargain; the lady who imports them had bought this one for herself, but sadly fell very ill and lost 3 stone before recovering and it no longer fitted her. So I got it for less than a tenth of the usual price, and found a warm felt hat that goes with it perfectly in both colour and style in a charity shop in Cornwall last January for £1. Despite being wool, both keep the rain out very well, and they're wonderfully warm.

I can't wear wool next to my skin, being a delicate little flower (haha!) but you really can't beat it for warmth.

GreyQueen

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

You could sit on my knee, and we'd talk about the first thing that came up.

Bearing in mind that I weigh 16st, that'd be a hernia, Bob.:rotfl:

jk0

Anyone remember when Littlewoods had high street shops?

I bought my winter coat from the Reading shop in 1988. Gf was admiring it the other day, and was amazed to learn it was older than her.

elona

My Mum used to work for them in the 70's and I used to go shopping there as a teenager.

Strange to think they are no longer a store as such.

moneyistooshorttomention

BEDSIT BOB

Any thoughts on pepper sprays? I see its possible to buy them from Amazon.

I had thought my age would be sufficient protection for when this "groping of women" stuff starts coming to Britain (ie from Cologne, etc). I certainly anticipate there will be individual episodes.

Reading the news - the fact that I'm not in the "hot chick" agegroup any longer (complete with white hair to boot) should constitute protection when I go back on visits to the much more urban area I've come from - but its not a guarantee. The oldest woman I've read of being "groped" so far is 53. So - I guess middle-aged women like myself cant consider ourselves safe by virtue of no longer being "young and nubile" and trying to think when the last time was that I spotted a man looking at me in the street:(

So - I'm wondering about pepper sprays.....

How do you rate them?