The Weeks Second Update

[merv]

the thing with C and A is that they did have some wonderful rainwear and it didnt sell that well. I remember one year they had so much mens rainwear left at the end of summer they were selling really decent macs for a pound each, which even in the late 80s or so was not expensive my any means. The tragedy is I didnt actually bother to buy any. Hindsight tells me it was obvious that they would never carry such items again as they sold so badly and I should have taken the opportunity to stock up abit. I can imagine that i am not the only one to pass by an opportunity and regret it afterwards

[WealdenMac]

I remember that C&A were generally well stocked with ladies' plastic macs in the early to mid 1980's. I bought my wife one in the same sort of emerald green worn by Ella for a trip to the Western Isles of Scotland. When that one wore out, I followed it up with one in a sort of lilac candy stripe. It can sometimes be easier to get a "reluctant" spouse to wear a mac if it demonstrably comes from a mainstream supplier rather than a specialist retailer. She also had one of the splendid warm lined shiny polyurethane macs from Harglenis that were generally popular amongst women in the late 80's.

[hotwilly]

No longer in UK, yes they had some wonderful rainwear - I remember it from early 70's....
Thanks for your answers / replies fellas

I can almost smell the nostalgia

Wondered what the smell was, thought it was PVC