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I don't know about washing machines but you certainly have to be careful with tumble driers. When I lived above a launderette in East London in the early 70's it was not uncommon for the customers to have to summon the "minder" (who herself often wore a red PVC rainjacket) to "release...

Very nice. Can't compete with them for attractiveness but I often wore a blue one, sourced from my old friends at Cocoon, to work in central London back in the day.

annabell-cagoule wrote: ↑August 5th, 2024, 6:24 am Her name. Summer McIntosh, the spelling is different but the word excites many of our members.

Absolutely. That word always triggers a frisson in me-especially when for reasons I don't quite understand, it's delivered in a broad Australian accent.

Plastic mac wrote: ↑July 30th, 2024, 5:33 am Wonderful pictures thank you if only we could go back in time.

But could take back with us all that we know now.

The Channel Four Formula 1 presenter, Ariana Bravo, came well prepared for the wet at Spa on Friday, wearing a very long, hooded, press stud fastening on the front and flap pockets, fully elasticated sleeve, beige raincoat. Probably not a "mackintosh" in our sense of the word but very attr...

Plastic rainhats were very useful for slipping down the front of one's shorts to obtain that lovely feeling of plastic against bare skin.

Parents had an annoying habit of doing that sort of thing!

I recall seeing some excellent plastic aprons with flower patterns displayed in the window of a trendy shop in Hampstead around the turn of the millennium but unfortunately circumstances prevented me from investigating further (aka having a sly feel).

I grew up in the 1950's when "proper plastic" was relatively new and ubiquitous. I don't know about health professionals but my mother and many of her female relatives and friends wore plastic aprons for housework. There were many opportunities for a sly "feel" when visiting frie...

Probably early childhood. My parents would take me and my brother to Wales for holidays and always bought us rubber-lined nylon raincoats from Gelert. I hated wearing them and was super embarrassed for the majority of the holidays. I guess that's why I link wearing rainwear with a little humiliatio...