(1113) Elevenses, folks. IYE, shall post your things in the afternoon. Racing to get this post and film up, then RL obligations at midday. (1132)
20. Mandelson
19. Moosh corner
18. Mandelson is also in the frame … more later
17. I say nuffink
16. This we’ll need to go into in more depth
… can’t this morning for time reasons.
Moosherama: BHS, eh? They sold me a corduroy jacket of which I became fond.
But the main lesson is how packed that street was. Apart from towns that are full of tourists, do you see such crowds today?
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JH: Those were the days all right. I liked BHS … it seemed somehow right to buy from them.
There was also a Dutch high street brand – name now forgotten – that I bought some stuff at. I bought my socks – “Indestructibles” – from a wee outfitter’s.
They did prove indestructible too: a girl-friend threw them out decades later, still in no need of darning. She also threw out my cravats; I do wish I hadn’t agreed. I loathe wearing a tie – a cravat is a far more comfortable alternative.
Club rugby shirts I bought at … not sure. Forsyth’s? Jenner’s?
C&A was Dutch, not sure if it still is.
BHS was thought to be the less posh version of Marks and Sparks. Gran only went to the latter as a special treat. She’d be appalled now at how their quality has slipped.
C&A still going strong in Bordeaux!