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I was one of many it seems that were sustained in the 60's and 70's by brochures from the likes of South Buck Rainwear, Gayetime Mackintoshes,
Mac Mac, Cocoon and Sealwear. My first rubber magazine purchase was Pussy Cat which was a fine colour product. Later I also subscribed to Smooth and received ...

Tomorrow night at 9pm, the BBC is showing a Dr Who episode from 1969, now colourised. A treat for us to see Wendy Padbury again wearing her double textured rubberised mackintosh, enjoy !

I am no scientist but I suspect the liking for nylon swishing sounds could be a throwback to floating in the womb, the sounds of the natural life supporting fluids. The heavier rubber rustle beloved of mackintosh enthusiasts could also emanate from this but more likely to come from mummy or daddy ...

Sing this to the tune of "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"..
Where's your mackintosh, where's your rubber mack, far far away.
Last night I saw my Mamma wearing her mack, owee, Rubber Rubber Mack Mack. Woke up this morning and my Mamma was gone. owee Rubber Rubber Mack Mack.
Repeat as many times as ...

Surely the answer is to buy British !

Depends where you live I suppose. I live in a very rural area and nobody takes any notice of what people wear in the rain as we are all getting on with life. The only comment I have had was from a stranger in a car who said "I see you are enjoying the rain", hardly earth shattering. As regards ...

Just had a winning horse at Greyville, S.Africa: 1235 First No.6 RAIN WEAR @ 5/1. Lovely Jubbly, Mack On !!

Did anyone see the episode of Taggart last night on Drama ? The lead female wore a rubber mackintosh for most scenes. It was one of the most unattractive macks that used to appear forty or so years ago. In a yucky olive colour, it looked like double textured rubberised cotton. She wore it open most ...

Yes indeed I access Pinterest regularly and enjoy all the rubber mackintoshes on show. The more you click on rubber macks the more variety of rainwear comes up. I also enjoy women wearing rubber aprons and follow the trail until they get into butcher shop scenes, where I turn off. It's all click ...

Now summer is upon us I thought I'd like to hear from members about their all time fav mackintosh or rainwear.
To kick it off, here's one of mine. I spoke to Arthur Macarthur at Lakeland Elements one day about thirty years ago and agreed to buy an original David Marsh SBR mackintosh. A few days ...