1940s Boating blazer and cream flannels

[Two Types]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mens-Vintage-1940s-Cambridge-University-Red-Blazer-and-Cream-Flannels-/171249841892?pt=UK_Men_s_Vintage_Clothing&hash=item27df4936e4

I rather like this combination.

 

[AntonAAK]

Very nice, if possibly a little 'Butlins'.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The extraordinarily long jacket is the only reason I won't be bidding.

I particularly love this mash-up of a sentence:

The jacket has 3 small and the back right shoulder and one above the right front pocket.

 

[herringbonekid]

oh god; Butlins. i think i'd managed to forget about the very existence of Butlins until that comment by AntonAAK.

 

[Two Types]

Sold for £45. That was a good deal for someone (as long as they are long bodied!).

 

[herringbonekid]

no bids.

 

[Two Types]

Oops, misread that!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Strange. A dated example like this is something the collectors would normally snap up, especially at the price. I bet if it had a crest on the pocket it would have gone.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

gone = sold. Edit function, please, Mods.

 

[Nobert]

Relisted.

 

[imoldfashioned]

Could be a school jacket, rather than university?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Or any kind of club - bowling, cricket, Butlin's.

 

[Edward]

Butlins Redcoats in 1945, Filey, Yorkshire camp:

Most of these seem to have braiding on the jacket, with the exception of the one on the far left. Still, it's very plausible that this pairing is a Butlin's uniform of some sort, given the coincidence of it being with these trews. If someone only worked for them for a season, it's entirely possible they still had the unifrm but never wore the bits again, thus the apparent good condition of these... Just specualtion, but given how iconic the Butlins Redcoat uniform is, and the fact that it has been around since 1936, it's hard to imagine anyone else opting for this as a means of casual dress or w.h.y..

 

[Two Types]

I doubt that this is a Butlins jacket. The named and dated label from a cambridge tailor seems unlikely for a uniform jacket. I would assume that Butlins had their jackets made-up en masse from a large scale supplier, rather than a tailor.

 

[Abridged]

The 1940 date doesn't seem to fit either, by this time all Butlins and most other holiday camps had been requisitioned for military or government use and remained closed until the end of the war. Of course it could have been paired up with the trousers later for use as a camp uniform or maybe worn for a stage/band act.

 

[Edward]

I doubt that this is a Butlins jacket. The named and dated label from a cambridge tailor seems unlikely for a uniform jacket. I would assume that Butlins had their jackets made-up en masse from a large scale supplier, rather than a tailor.

That would make sense, yes - unless some really fastidious and independently wealthy young Redcoat went pp(!). Just seems odd anyone would adopt an outfit so clearly and ionically associalted with a commercial brand. Then I'm still assuming the two pieces always belonged together.

The 1940 date doesn't seem to fit either, by this time all Butlins and most other holiday camps had been requisitioned for military or government use and remained closed until the end of the war. Of course it could have been paired up with the trousers later for use as a camp uniform or maybe worn for a stage/band act.

Ah, yes--- you're right on that score. I missed the comment on the date in the text (I don't always place much faith in dates given in eBay auction titles).

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I didn't think the Butlin's idea was serious? I was certainly using it metaphorically.

It's not really something one would wear outside of a specific setting like a club or team or, yes, Butlin's.

Butlin's jackets had piping, anyway.

 

[AntonAAK]

I didn't think the Butlin's idea was serious?

It wasn't. I said that the look reminded me of Butlin's. I was not suggesting that it was a genuine Butlin's jacket. They had piping...