wdbikemad Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 That's one nice smock Dave, and certainly one of the first issued around 1977....I particularly like the large "Clix" zip as fitted to many 68 pattern smocks of the era......I also like garment showing a bit of service..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 This is my one, in a lot worse condition, needs several repairs. Quite a large size, far too big for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I agree Steve: it's nice to see one that has been used. I'm hoping my buddy will give me some more info on it and the original owner. I remember when heading off to Polytechnic for the first time in Late Sept 1982 that I went to a surplus shop in the basement of the indoor market in Kensington High St that was floor to ceiling with kit recently released / flogged off by lads returning from the Falklands. Smocks like this one - unwashed ! - £17 a pop. I bought an olive green '63 patt SAS smock there for £20 which I used on the hills and later at work 'til it fell apart. Oh for a time machine ! I WELL remember that shop in Kensington market (in the basement !!!)...........it was called "Flak", and the shop was rumoured, by late-83/early 84, to be attracting Plod attention due to receiving kit from "unofficial" sources..........not sure about the outcome, but I doubt if it's still there now..... I recall going in there several times during that period, and they had rails full of Denisons, DPM 60 & 68 stuff, green 60 pattern, windproofs, aircrew jackets, etc..........surprising really as it was such a small shop..... I must take a revisit one day....it would be rude not to, particularly as I pass Kensington High Street tube on the way to and from work every day....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdbikemad Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 This is my one, in a lot worse condition, needs several repairs. Quite a large size, far too big for me. [ATTACH=CONFIG]55528[/ATTACH] Another nice smock.....I'm guessing late-1980s/early 90s...? (colour and post-82 FFD pocket)...... I just have a soft-spot for para smocks...:red: (and a lot of other things, come to think about it.... !!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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