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  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited December 2017
    Or rolling up your t-shirt sleeve to hold your packet of fags...

    I did love my two-tone Ben Sherman shirt, though.
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Platform shoes flaired trousers with double side pockets very classy
  • HammerwombatHammerwombat
    Budgie jacket, loons, clogs, and whatever dreadful feather cut was in vogue that week. ;diva
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Oxford bags!
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    edited December 2017
    High waisters!!! I recall that there was stall in Romford Market where got my first pairs...I also recall a particular type of dress shoe, leather soled with a criss cross pattern and of course blakeys... my I looked, and sounded good ;doh
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Leather soles and blakeys on an icy surface ;nonono
  • ClaretandBlueforLifeClaretandBlueforLife
    grey_til_I_dye said:

    Leather soles and blakeys on an icy surface ;nonono

    Or a polished wooden floor at school ;lol ;lol
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    You would get stopped by the bouncers if you tried to go into a disco with Blakeys cos they'd mess up the dancefloor. The criss cross pattern shoes were called Solatio's

    Wasn't lime green was the colour of choice for high waisters or is my memory failing?
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    I have beige/light tan in my head but I may be wrong, Solatio’s well done sir ;clap
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    OMG - just for giggles I decided to google Solatio’s, as you do, and you can still buy them.

    The faithful 70s shoe was Re-launched in 2012 and they are exactly as you remember them, a bit pricey at STG 120, but they were never cheap even back then.

    I think that fortunatly they do not have my size in stock, otherwise I just might have been tempted ;cool
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    BBB :-)

    Ok deed is done , looked again and my size has been in stock since November, I mis-read it earlier, so.........a pair of black Solatio 102s are now on their way to Chicago

    I would be very surprised if anyone over here will clock them ;cool

    Am very strangely excited ;ok
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    ;lol Fantastic!
  • HammerwombatHammerwombat
    I’m thinking I should have some of those bad boys, I fancy the box tops. I had a pair back in the day, but they were moody copies from Freeman hardy & Willis. ;weep
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Carlsberg don’t do threads....

    But if they did.

    ;carew
  • NEoldironNEoldiron
    Suze, I sense a shoe fetish ;biggrin
  • ClaretandBlueforLifeClaretandBlueforLife
    I remember a guy I was at school with who used to turn up each day wearing a pair of turquoise high waisters and a pair of black 10 hole Dr Martens topped off with school shirt,tie and school blazer.......we all thought he was so cool ;lol ;lol
  • imagelostimagelost
    Oldish hammer?
  • ClaretandBlueforLifeClaretandBlueforLife
    imagelost said:

    Oldish hammer?

    Please don’t mention Oldishammer ;doh
  • ClaretandBlueforLifeClaretandBlueforLife
    And they have brought back The Price is Right with Alan Carr ;doh ;doh
  • HammerwombatHammerwombat
    Fab book BBB. I read it when he first had it published, but I need to read it again. A similar era ;cool
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    I need to have a look at that (grew up in W London near Twickenham rugby ground and at the right time for the 80s) thanks for mentioning it!
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Just been outside looking at the full moon with my new binoculars. ;wahoo
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Sure you haven't left a label on the lens as it's still what loosely passes for daylight here
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    ;lol

    It was clear and dusk, with the moon brightly lit up. The clarity was amazing. ;thumbsup
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    I have just spilt a bit of emulsion on our carpet. I have frantically tried to clean it up. However my wife has a laser like eye for spotting when something is not right. The paint colour is not too different from the carpet’s. I have no intention of “fessing up”. If you don’t hear from me again, you’ll know why. In th event that we don’t lose v West Brom, then I’ll nominate Expat to open the next one
  • HammerwombatHammerwombat
    Move a piece of furniture to cover it ;biggrin



    Why is the chair in front of the door ;whistle
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    F44DCA74-D6B4-45D3-A3C9-9CCF4BFA4EC0
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    One of my pressies this year was the dvd Men of Iron, basically a documentary of our transition from the last couple of games at the Boleyn ground to the London Stadium with behind the scenes interviews with fans, players and the board.

    Probably not the best docudrama, but still worth a watch, if only because it covers THAT last game against Man U - of all the interviews, Markie Mark comes over really well IMO.

  • NEoldironNEoldiron
    Why isn't his name pronounced either Shorn Born or Sheen Been?
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited January 2018
    Couple of reasons:

    1. English spelling frequently doesn't represent current sound of a word

    night

    2. Sean is the English transliteration of the Irish Gaelic version of Norman French Jahan/Johan.

    In Irish, S followed by E or I is like English Sh (hence Sinn Fein is /Shin Fane/)

    English transliteration of Irish Gaelic often bears little obvious relation to the sound of the Irish word.

    #sinceyouasked
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