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Monty Don's Blue Cotton Gardening Jacket

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  • Oh Gawd!!!!! Coveted it may be, but is the 'blue navvy jacket' (even with a shirt & tie)suitable attire for VIP day at Chelsea?......One was probably not amused!

    Dr. Walter wrote (see)

    I bought a similar one - manufacturer YARMO and made in England! - Engineers Work Jacket - JK01 £18.45 - Does the job for me. Washes great (non-bio), 100% cotton.

    http://www.yarmo.co.uk/acatalog/info-4006864.html

     

    Railway track-workers are issued with them free.
     

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 33,683

    total affectation.

    Devon.
  • ightenighten Posts: 184
    David K wrote (see)

    Oh Gawd!!!!! Coveted it may be, but is the 'blue navvy jacket' (even with a shirt & tie)suitable attire for VIP day at Chelsea?......One was probably not amused!

     

    Looks quite fetching with the shirt and tie.. BBC must have told him to bring it in case no one recognised him in a suit.image

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    Best man at a Eddie Yeats wedding springs to mind

     

  • To each his/her own of course, but a man like that emptied my bin this morning.....minus the tie, of course.

  • GardenmaidenGardenmaiden Posts: 1,126

    We used to have a roadsweeper who wore that outfit when I was a little girl. Perhaps its linen and that's why it looks scruffy.

  • Dr. WalterDr. Walter Posts: 18

    Has Monty damaged is knee of leg in some way? (Hence the walking sick).

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,735

    Well, he did have a stroke didn't he?  Maybe there's a little residual weakness.

    A  cotton or linen suit seems perfectly suitable clothing for a gardening occasion with temperatures in the mid 20s.  Frequently seen at the smartest concerts at the Aldeburgh Festival and county summer weddings image  

    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • SupernoodleSupernoodle Posts: 954

    Think he said he hurt it last week - in Sunday's Chelsea programme, or maybe in the countdown to Chelsea. I mean that's when he said it, not hurt it!

  • 4thPanda4thPanda Posts: 4,145

    I liked the suit. Very Monty. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,735

    I think that type of suit says different things to people of different generations and from different backgrounds image

    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







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