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#1 2022-02-15 08:55:08
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Skyjump
Uncle Ian has mentioned them at least twice. I'd like to know more - and about other, now 'historical' names from London and the surrounding area in the 1960s.
#2 2022-02-15 12:16:57
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Re: Skyjump
We often hear of copies and knock-offs: of Baracuta for example. Was much else considered worth copying?
#3 2022-02-16 02:53:12
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Re: Skyjump
I believe I've mentioned this before, but back in the 80s sometime, I had a conversation with John Simons about Harringtons, and he he explained that the two Skyjumps I'd bought from one or other of his shops in the late 60s were very accurate copies of the Baracuta - and also a bit cheaper. As Staxfan said, the Squire Shop also sold the original, so maybe I just went for the low-cost option. John also told me the company was owned by an Indian bloke, who changed the company name to Ulysses in the 70s. Unlike the totally crap knock-offs the 70s repro skins wore, they were cotton gab, with a raglan sleeve. Somewhere in the recesses of my shelves I have photos of me in both - an off-white one which I quickly sold on for 30/-, and a burgundy one which disappeared sometime in the very early 70s.
#4 2022-02-16 03:13:32
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I see 'arrington knock-offs every other week: invariably black and with a boring-looking tartan lining. No label but says 'Made In England' - as if to say, 'ere you are, son, look no furver, British Bulldog Person of Pakistani heritage-bashin' gear, innit?' Ironically, however, I don't think I've seen a crop-headed numbskull wearing one for about forty years, so maybe that breed has at last faded from the scene. Their sons, though, are probably worse.