Gannex raincoats

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Johnnyrbr
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Gannex raincoats

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Does anyone remember Gannex Raincoats. Reminded of them yesterday when I read about former Prime Minister, Harold McMillan's effects being sold. Among them was his famous gannex raincoat which went for £500. I had one given to me once but rarely wore it. Whilst they were rubber coated the smell of them was far too strong for me and not the same smell such as SBR. Wonder whether McMillan was a rubberist.
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Remember them well. Wilson too was a wearer of Gannex, and was, if I recall, embroiled in some scandal with Lord Kagan, the owner/maker of Gannex rainwear.
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mackintoshed wrote: May 15th, 2019, 8:41 am Remember them well. Wilson too was a wearer of Gannex, and was, if I recall, embroiled in some scandal with Lord Kagan, the owner/maker of Gannex rainwear.
Bit before my time that peice of information.
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spitfire617 wrote: May 15th, 2019, 8:53 am
mackintoshed wrote: May 15th, 2019, 8:41 am Remember them well. Wilson too was a wearer of Gannex, and was, if I recall, embroiled in some scandal with Lord Kagan, the owner/maker of Gannex rainwear.
Bit before my time that peice of information.
Really ? 😜
Broad minded enough to acknowledge we all enjoy different things:)
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Something sticks in my mind that they were made at either Bradford / Huddesfield which was Vwilsons constituency
Broad minded enough to acknowledge we all enjoy different things:)
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hotwilly wrote: May 15th, 2019, 8:55 am
spitfire617 wrote: May 15th, 2019, 8:53 am
mackintoshed wrote: May 15th, 2019, 8:41 am Remember them well. Wilson too was a wearer of Gannex, and was, if I recall, embroiled in some scandal with Lord Kagan, the owner/maker of Gannex rainwear.
Bit before my time that peice of information.
Really ? 😜
I am not that old!!!
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The seventies do seem like an eternity from now.
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Re: Gannex raincoats

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spitfire617 wrote: May 15th, 2019, 9:11 am
hotwilly wrote: May 15th, 2019, 8:55 am
spitfire617 wrote: May 15th, 2019, 8:53 am
Bit before my time that peice of information.
Really ? 😜
I am not that old!!!
Are you sure :o
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rainwear-experience wrote: May 15th, 2019, 9:45 am
spitfire617 wrote: May 15th, 2019, 9:11 am
hotwilly wrote: May 15th, 2019, 8:55 am

Really ? 😜
I am not that old!!!
Are you sure :o
Yes I am sure!
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Re: Gannex raincoats

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spitfire617 wrote: May 15th, 2019, 9:51 am
rainwear-experience wrote: May 15th, 2019, 9:45 am
spitfire617 wrote: May 15th, 2019, 9:11 am
I am not that old!!!
Are you sure :o
Yes I am sure!
Good man ;)
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