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23
Jul
Posts by Gary Ferris
12
May
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Gary
26
Mar
List of Events 2019
Haworth 1940’s Weekend 18/19th May
Great Central Railway 1940’s Weekend 31st May-2nd June
Thorpe Camp 1940’s Weekend 6/7th July
Battles for Victory, Birchington, Kent. 12-14th July
Leyburn 1940#s Weekend 20/21st July
Twinwood Festival 23rd -26th August
Chatham Dockyard 1940’s Weekend 21/22nd September
Pickering 1940’s Weekend 11/12/13th October
16
May
List of Events 2018
19th & 20th May Haworth 1940’s Weekend
26th, 27th &28th May East Lancs Railway
1st-3rd June Great Central 1940’s weekend (tbc)
9th &10th June Dig for Victory Show (tbc)
7th & 8th July Thorpe Camp 1940’s Weekend
21st & 22nd July Leyburn 1940’s Weekend
24th -28th July War and Peace
15th & 16th September Chatham 1940’s Weekend (tbc)
12th -14th October Pickering 1940’s Weekend
29
May
It has come to our attention here at Mapledoram that there is a lot of monkey business going on with vintage 1940’s clothing.
Let us start by clearing up a few things, Antique is anything that is hundred years or over.
Vintage is anything from 1920-1980 and anything after that may be described as retro and that covers a multitude of sins.
We see a lot of clothing with what looks like an original CC41 label inside and the clothing looks right as well. For the aficionados and sticklers amongst you, be wary of 195o’s clothing that looks right but has been tampered with, i.e. has had an aged “1940’s” label sewn inside.
There are many fakes about and not easy to spot you need to know what you are looking for and do your research.
The main giveaway is attention to detail and the cut of the clothing, remember the average height for a man in the war years was 5’7” and had 37” chest and 34” waist, for women the average height was 5’4” and statics of 33-21-33, so consider this when you find that perfect immaculate suit with correct labelling and in a large size, they are as rare as hen’s teeth.
Most simple clothing during the war was handmade and did not have labels inside, woollen garments were usually hand knitted, dresses and blouses were handmade from patterns.
Ladies and gents suits from 1941 were subject to CC41 regulations, which controlled the amount of material used and therefore dictated some of the fashion and style of the day.
If Zips were used they would have certainly been metal and not all gents suits were button fly’s or button braces. It was not uncommon for a man to wear both a belt and braces at the same time.
Whilst here at Mapledoram we do not claim to be experts, we are all too happy to do our research and provide the best advice to our customers.
At the end of the day the main thing is to have fun and enjoy the events.
26
Mar
Events List 2017
March 19th – Victoria Baths Manchester
April 9th – Leeds, location tbc
April 30th- Harrogate, Cedar Court Hotel
May 19th-21st Haworth 1940’s Weekend
May 27th-29th East Lancashire Railway 1940’s Weekend
June 2nd-4th Great Central Railway 1940’s Weekend
July 24th& 25th June or 1st& 2nd June Severn Valley Railway 1940’s weekend
July 15th& 16th Black Country Living Museum 1940’s Weekend
July 22nd & 23rd Leyburn 1940’s Weekend
August 11th-13th York in the Blitz
September 8th-10th The Goodwood Revival (Stand 188)
13th-15th October Pickering 1940’s Weekend