Quite the bass fisher and dapper dresser!
Note the jaunty cap, cravat, upturned collar, double breasted blazer (Welch regiment) with handkerchief, Oxford bags.... Need I say more?
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Grandad Snape
Here's Grandad Snape taken in 1955 at Rhossili bay in South Wales.
Quite the bass fisher and dapper dresser!
Note the jaunty cap, cravat, upturned collar, double breasted blazer (Welch regiment) with handkerchief, Oxford bags.... Need I say more?
Quite the bass fisher and dapper dresser!
Note the jaunty cap, cravat, upturned collar, double breasted blazer (Welch regiment) with handkerchief, Oxford bags.... Need I say more?
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Very elegant, see where you get it from now!!!
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Re: Grandad Snape
Not angling, I know ... but another example of fine attire worn during a days sporting activity in the '50's.
My late father-in-law, the wonderfully named Evelyn Kindersley Pulliblank, piloting his Marwyn racing car in a hill climb in around 1950.
Perhaps tweeds, tie, and no helmet were de rigeur at the time ! I love the touch of the kerchief, perfectly placed, on both gentlemen.
My late father-in-law, the wonderfully named Evelyn Kindersley Pulliblank, piloting his Marwyn racing car in a hill climb in around 1950.
Perhaps tweeds, tie, and no helmet were de rigeur at the time ! I love the touch of the kerchief, perfectly placed, on both gentlemen.
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Love both pictures - oh to have lived in such heady days of fashion...
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Very nice chaps. :thumb:
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Yes, but only the ( relatively ) wealthy lived like that. (I 'm refering to the photo of the gent in the racing car, not Snape's grandad.The VFC wrote:Love both pictures - oh to have lived in such heady days of fashion...
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Julian wrote:Yes, but only the ( relatively ) wealthy lived like that. (I 'm refering to the photo of the gent in the racing car, not Snape's grandad.The VFC wrote:Love both pictures - oh to have lived in such heady days of fashion...
True - knowing my luck I'd have been in hob nailed boots and down the pit or somesuch: its easy to forget the downsides of life for the majority in former eras!
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The VFC wrote:Julian wrote:Yes, but only the ( relatively ) wealthy lived like that. (I 'm refering to the photo of the gent in the racing car, not Snape's grandad.The VFC wrote:Love both pictures - oh to have lived in such heady days of fashion...
True - knowing my luck I'd have been in hob nailed boots and down the pit or somesuch: its easy to forget the downsides of life for the majority in former eras!
Too true - and very, very few were wealthy - the upper class or the working class, virtually no 'middle' class
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Actually ... the car was sold as a kit for self assembly based around a 500 cc motorcycle engine. It's remarkable what can be done for little money given talent, skill, and dedication ... like watermole+'s reel built for (he says, and I'm sure he's correct) about £35 worth of materials ... or my own "classic" racing bike built from breakers yard bits. But I digress ...
I still think the two gentlemen look wonderful.
I still think the two gentlemen look wonderful.
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Re: Grandad Snape
Splendid photos and stories! It's wonderful to see the spirit of the times! Thank you very much for sharing.