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Like Andy and Rives I too was made to wear my plastic pacamacs with their wonderful large rubbery buttons fully fastened to the throat up to the time I left school age 18 on all occasions except for school wear, when the regulation gabardine raincoat had to be worn. For economy, mine were always ...

Remember that so clearly. No messing about it had to be put on. Always, Andy. And buttoned to the neck (always top down), whether for school, cubs/scouts, or church Exactly right. I had to wear mine anytime we went out. Like you buttoned from top down. Really humiliating at the best of times but ...

Andyf08 wrote: ↑October 23rd, 2024, 5:18 pm

Rives wrote: ↑October 23rd, 2024, 5:15 pm The holding up of the mac ny my mother resonates with me, too

Remember that so clearly. No messing about it had to be put on.

Always, Andy. And buttoned to the neck (always top down), whether for school, cubs/scouts, or church

The holding up of the mac ny my mother resonates with me, too

Spectacular

A gaberdine mackintosh, belted and fully buttoned, with a full length nylon pakamac over it, buttoned to the neck also

Taken back in time to wear a gaberdine mackintosh belted and buttoned to the neck, and over it, a full length nylon pakamac also buttoned to the neck

Zoe is something of an aficionado of rainwear. Or at least I'd like to think she is

Mine is a little strange I'm sure for many people's tastes...... but my fantasy is a fusion of the 1980s and the present day. It involves being marched by the hand by Kirstie Allsopp (current day UK television presenter) to a traditional outfitter in the 1980s, for the purpose of buying a navy blue ...

Another one here made to wear a nylon pakamac as a child throughout my teenage years. And always buttoned to the neck too. This was in early 1980s