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#1 2022-01-30 10:31:04
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Bronte Countrywear
Moving away from the USA, back to the UK, this brand looks to be a decent alternative to Barbour. I saw one of their coats yesterday at £40 (going for £70) on Ebay. Far from my sort of thing - tweed, big pockets for dead rabbits, dog biscuits, breeders guides etc. - but I have bought one of their waxed jackets (S/H) for buggering about in the park on a Sunday afternoon. As with the Grenfell, though, it'll be dressed down with faded 501s and probably Astorflex desert boots or Nicky Deakins. Definitely no cords.
#2 2022-01-30 10:33:41
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Re: Bronte Countrywear
The jacket is brown, not - thank heaven - the ubiquitous green (I once had a Grenfell jacket that looked too much like a Barbour for comfort). I would have preferred navy.
#3 2022-01-30 13:46:34
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Re: Bronte Countrywear
Haworth is a good spot for a day trip. Centre of Brontë country.
Keighley Railway good way to get there. Old British Rail rolling stock with a bar offering drinks in proper glasses.
Ben Nevis clothing Camden, of Harrington fame, also offer inexpensive country coats in ‘Derby tweed’.
"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."
#4 2022-01-30 15:01:37
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Re: Bronte Countrywear
I once conceived of an idea that never came to anything: a holiday in West Yorkshire, taking in Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield etc. - looking at what might be left of the mills and factories, canals, Victorian shopping arcades and so on. Hockney territory, much liked by Ian Nairn.
I enjoyed living in The Potteries and Newcastle-Under-Lyme when at University. Longton was like stepping back in time. Lovely people, too - the best neighbours I've ever had. All changed when I went back, with a major road now ploughing through it and much demolition.
#5 2022-02-03 08:05:26
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Re: Bronte Countrywear
The Bronte jacket - £20 - turned up today and looks and smells exactly like the Barbour pieces I owned years ago. In fact, in many ways Barbour are now way too overground for my liking, sold by a slightly pretentious shop close to me at big bucks. This is simply a waxed equivalent of a Russell Athletic sweatshirt as far as I'm concerned: for outdoor cold weather use, an alternative to my Gloverall.