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#1 2015-02-12 14:55:51
- CaptainMaddox
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Donkey jacket
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#2 2015-02-12 14:56:49
- Worried Man
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Re: Donkey jacket
What is that contrasting fabric on the shoulders?
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#3 2015-02-12 14:58:19
- Worried Man
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Re: Donkey jacket
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#5 2015-02-12 15:20:50
- woofboxer
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Re: Donkey jacket
I can't help thinking of Michael Foot whenever I see one. It was a working man's garment and part of his down with the people image.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/04/03/article-1263408-08D04D70000005DC-385_224x423.jpg
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#6 2015-02-12 15:50:23
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Re: Donkey jacket
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#7 2015-02-12 15:52:21
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Re: Donkey jacket
The one WM posted looks great in its pics...has no PVC shoulders...
To be honest I cant get with the one posted.
#13 2015-02-12 17:06:04
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Re: Donkey jacket
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#14 2015-02-13 01:12:00
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Re: Donkey jacket
I think I've read that Michael Foot's coat wasn't actually a donkey jacket. He did look scruffy though, which was one of the final nails in the coffin of his political ambitions. Or so I've read. By today's standards he would possibly be considered over dressed.
Donkey jackets remind me of UK style in the early 80s. That's not a good thing - I prefer the pea coat above.
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#15 2015-02-13 01:43:47
- woofboxer
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'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
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#17 2015-02-13 01:57:23
- RobbieB
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Re: Donkey jacket
If you wear a donkey jacket you have to accessorise with a broom.
They used to be given as a free issue on construction sites in the 70's. I had one but my accessory was a theodolite so I gave the coat to a mate who wore it on the football terraces. Some of my mates wore them to show they were hard working men when in reality they were office juniors working in the City.
I never did like that pvc bit across the shoulders.
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#18 2015-02-13 02:11:52
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Re: Donkey jacket
To be honest the just look like Darth Vader is having a go at council worker cosplay.
#19 2015-02-13 02:19:36
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#20 2015-02-13 02:38:42
- Harpo
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Re: Donkey jacket
I used to wear one without the PVC shoulders back when I was a likkel rude boy in the two-tone days - tassel loafers, sta-prest, fred perry, donkey jacket. It was the little kid's with no money crombie.
I remember being in a pub a few years ago as a band was setting up. When the the guitarist walked in, all the blokes I was drinking with (who'd been in a band together since the late 60's) chorused "Ah, it's Nutty!". When I asked why they called this guy Nutty, they explained that years and years ago he'd turned up at an audition for their band wearing an NCB donkey jacket - the kind with the orange PVC shoulders, emblazoned with "N.C.B". They immediatley christened him "Nutty Slack".
Though they hadn't seen him for about 15 years, he was still "Nutty". You wear one donkey jacket, once, 15 years ago, and that's it. Wales, see.
I'm sure this is incomprehensible to our American contributors - and anyone under about 35.
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#21 2015-02-13 03:08:21
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Re: Donkey jacket
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#23 2015-02-13 03:43:43
- chuck power
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Re: Donkey jacket
Ah, the once ubiquitous donkey jacket 
- The manager at Littleton stopped issuing them at one point, as he was sick of seeing most of the male population of Cannock wearing them, regardless of whether or not they worked for the coal board. I had a mint NCB version that I 'borrowed' from a contractor at the pit. I managed to keep it for about 20 years, until Mrs Chuck elected to keep it in the shed, along with the wild bird food ... needless to say, some mice decided to recycle the donkey jacket as bedding. Saw one go on eBay shortly after for about £120 
Incidentally, depending on who you spoke to - NCB either stood for 'No C**ts Bothered' or during the overtime ban that preceded the 84/85 strike - 'No Chocolate Biscuits' .....
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