Jason Nicholas Posted June 17 Report Posted June 17 I saw a picture some time ago of some BBC radio engineers in the 1950’s; they were all wearing a kind of grey (or, of course, grey in the B&W image) lab coat suit with ties. Does anyone know if this type of suit had a particular name? It’s what you see any sort of technicians/engineering shop workers of the era wearing when one was expected to wear a suit and tie but one needed to be able to operate a lathe or safely get into a crawl space to replace a bunch of burnt out vacuum tubes. Quote
The Immoral Mr Teas Posted June 18 Report Posted June 18 Afraid I can't think of a brand name but I'll be interested if any came up. There were several different brand coat manufacturers dotting around in the 50's-60's-70's and I'll probably remember some names or find some printed adverts eventually, but lab coats ... ? I really just wanted to chime in as it made me think of the lines spoken by Vivian Stanshall at the end of a Bonzo Dog song; "Do you have a light, Mac?" "No, but I have a dark brown overcoat." Jez Oh, and I wouldn't be surprised if those coats in the B&W photos were in fact lightish brown (hence my thought). Quote
daniel Posted June 18 Report Posted June 18 https://images.app.goo.gl/o5KWQsMmpiCyqaic9 https://images.app.goo.gl/MmHmsCX4cpYwNmDFA lab/warehouse/store/shop/workshop coat Quote
The Immoral Mr Teas Posted June 18 Report Posted June 18 6 hours ago, daniel said: https://images.app.goo.gl/o5KWQsMmpiCyqaic9 https://images.app.goo.gl/MmHmsCX4cpYwNmDFA lab/warehouse/store/shop/workshop coat Ahh, if only he'd lived long enough to do that Iver Heath sitcom - 'Footsteps' ... Quote
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