Over Goat

After posting up the old photo of me in the snow drift yesterday, I have been wondering if it is still possible to get old RAF greatcoats (that one was 1942 vintage; I only got rid of it when I left Clapham, though it hadn’t fitted me for years). It was easily my favourite coat of all time; it was pretty basic, being an airman’s coat – a friend of mine had an officer’s greatcoat that was much softer and had a lining – but damn it, you could see off a nuclear attack in it.

The style ran generally unchanged from the mid 1930s until the late 1970s as far as I am aware, so it wouldn’t have to be a 69 year old coat. Something newer would suffice. Sadly I doubt that even the doughtiest of government surplus stores would have anything in my size. Even if there is something that will go around my chest, it is unlikely that there is anything available that will encompass my gut (even if it is shrinking slowly).

I really miss that coat.

Over Goat

After posting up the old photo of me in the snow drift yesterday, I have been wondering if it is still possible to get old RAF greatcoats (that one was 1942 vintage; I only got rid of it when I left Clapham, though it hadn’t fitted me for years). It was easily my favourite coat of all time; it was pretty basic, being an airman’s coat – a friend of mine had an officer’s greatcoat that was much softer and had a lining – but damn it, you could see off a nuclear attack in it.

The style ran generally unchanged from the mid 1930s until the late 1970s as far as I am aware, so it wouldn’t have to be a 69 year old coat. Something newer would suffice. Sadly I doubt that even the doughtiest of government surplus stores would have anything in my size. Even if there is something that will go around my chest, it is unlikely that there is anything available that will encompass my gut (even if it is shrinking slowly).

I really miss that coat.