Hello everyone, I recently came across a rather interesting site all about the history of plastic rainwear, in particular, Pakamac Plastic Rainwear.
It's at:
http://historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id ... %26+Ladies
Maybe interesting to some you.
History World and Pakamac Rainwear
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By 'eck, I didn't realise that they were so expensive 17/6d in 1953 ! That was quite a lot of money in those far off days.
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According to the Bank of England inflation rate calculator, in the UK, about the time of the ad, £1 in 1955 is now worth £25.77. About the price for semi-decent plastic raincoat today.
Of course on such sites as EBAY, they can be really cheap or horrendously eye-watering expensive, depends on the depth of your pocket.
Of course on such sites as EBAY, they can be really cheap or horrendously eye-watering expensive, depends on the depth of your pocket.
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Re: History World and Pakamac Rainwear
I found this site a while ago. Interesting,and it took me back to my own Plastic Pakamac wearing days in the mid 60s. Just bought a couple of unisex cagoules from PULrecently in shiny black and semi transparent black andget the same thrill wearing them as I did back then.
Re: History World and Pakamac Rainwear
I prefer the nylon pakamacs of my youth although I did have a plastic version at one stage and conveniently lost it, never to be recovered .PakamacMagic wrote: ↑February 6th, 2019, 10:53 am Hello everyone, I recently came across a rather interesting site all about the history of plastic rainwear, in particular, Pakamac Plastic Rainwear.
It's at:
http://historyworld.co.uk/advert.php?id ... %26+Ladies
Maybe interesting to some you.
Re: History World and Pakamac Rainwear
I certainly remember the advent of the nylon mac in the late 1960's/early 1970's, some of boys at my school started to wear them instead of the plastic ones. As or me, it had to be a plastic mac fully buttoned up - even if there was jut a slight chance of rain. Being encased in semi-transparent shiny black plastic was (and still is) sheer pleasure and excitement.