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#26 2010-06-09 04:18:30
- vwdolly
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
More bad news for the Harris Tweed industry - http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/harris-tweed-in-turmoil-as-industry-bureaucrats-weave-a-web-of-red-tape-1.1026271
Denise
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#27 2010-06-09 04:26:21
- Kingstonian
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
^ Most of the weavers will not be working anyway.
Primark prices is one reason why there is a need to move upmarket.
Will not hurt your used clothing trade though. Dunne & co was commonplace back in the day and aimed at the retired market. Dunne & co. is now prized because of what the likes of Haggas is offering.
#28 2010-06-09 04:32:19
- Kingstonian
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
^ Looking on your site,
1. Even C&A & BHS used to offer a Harris tweed jacket.
2. Blouson style or long coats may be worth promoting. Blouson style Harris tweed in particular would not have old-fashioned connotations.
#29 2010-06-09 04:55:30
- vwdolly
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
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#31 2010-06-14 15:37:04
- JohnL
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
"The less taste a person has in dress, the more obstinate he always seems to be. It is a great pity. Because he will never be a success as it" - Jerome K Jerome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVHUA4dZI0o&feature=related
#32 2010-06-14 20:09:22
- shamrockmonkey
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
I brush my teeth with minty paste/I hate when Liquor goes to waste.
#34 2010-06-15 14:57:06
- ckav
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
the Rocky and Bullwinkle Folio holds an honourd place in my library.
#37 2010-06-16 14:53:53
- formby
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"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
Souvent me Souvient
#38 2010-06-16 17:00:42
- Maximilien de Robespierre
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#39 2010-06-17 02:40:22
- Kingstonian
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
Haggas is a self-made Yorkshireman.
'Teaching' has nowt to do with it. Confidence and the school of hard knocks is probably more relevant.
#41 2010-06-18 03:14:09
- Equus
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
20 hours a day! When I were a lad we had to walk over hot coals to get t'mill to do a 26 hour day for no'but a sniff of a potato and a glass of ditch water. That was just a Sunday mind, during the week....
(Charlie, a Yorkshireman in exile in Northumberland)
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#42 2010-10-04 16:08:30
- woofboxer
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
Salvation could be at hand
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7078205.ece
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
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#43 2010-10-04 17:05:46
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The new Dr Who looks like a nerdy schoolkid in his Harris tweed jacket and bow tie. Exterminate! Exterminate!
Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.
#45 2010-10-04 17:14:15
- Kingstonian
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^ The Doctor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/characters/Eleventh_Doctor
#46 2010-10-06 04:23:02
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Cordings posted some new Harris tweed jackets a few weeks and then took them off within a few days. They were expensive, the usual Cordings price of £395. I was hoping that this was an indication that Cordings had commisioned its own high quality Harris tweeds from an independent weaver. I will make further inquiries.
Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.
#49 2010-10-08 07:29:37
- JDelage
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Re: Harris Tweed latest
They sell very well on eBay in Europe & the US.