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Originally Posted by browniecj 

They look a cheeky bunch.
Good memories about the Sheepskin,Ace and Eights.If I remember correctly,you could buy a Sheepskin for about £25/£30(in `68) off the Lane.I remember one Skin having a Sheepskin that was very long.When the cheap copies came out(`70) they were about £15.I can remember standing in Clubs sweating my B*lls off,because you dare not take it off.Great Picture on YouTube of a group of Mates dancing(2 or 3 of them had their Sheepskins on).Even in numbers ,they still got nicked.

Originally Posted by Lasttye 

I could never afford a real sheepskin back in the 60s, You could buy a imitation one down the markets, but i refused too.
This is my Sheepskin a modern version made by Ralph Lauren.

Originally Posted by browniecj 

You could pick up a Sheepskin from the Factory Shops around Middlesex Street etc..,(around `68).They would have no Makers Name or Shop Company Label-just "Real Sheepskin"Label.They were not nicked,imitations or anything,just being sold off by the Factories ( some had been rejected within a Batch)before going out to Stores.You just checked before you bought. I found one of them in a Secondhand Store in Spalding,not too long ago,,bought back memories.I have bought a beauty from one of our Members(on here),and with the weather like it is-getting some wear out.
Yankee-Google got upset about the "Skinhead" Tag.

Originally Posted by browniecj 

The Guy up near the top of Picture(about 6th in from left).The Coat he is wearing looks like a Shhepskin-to me.

Originally Posted by Ed Vaughan 

So, would that be Yankee Google banned I ?
Sorry - poor punning.

Originally Posted by buttons 

Good memories, lads.
Its all changed nowadays as the second hand market gives a different twist to what summet's worth.
I've got at least half a dozen 60s sheepskins but I don't think any of them cost more than 40 quid. Mind you, I bought a few of them in the 80s for a few quid when things really were cheap (and a fiver was a lot of money to me). You see a lot of them now at skinhead get togethers. Thread-bare Brutus will cost you 200 quid but a quality sheepskin a fraction of the price.
35 quid in '69 - no wonder you never took it off!

Originally Posted by Lasttye 

I could never afford a real sheepskin back in the 60s, You could buy a imitation one down the markets, but i refused too.
This is my Sheepskin a modern version made by Ralph Lauren.

Originally Posted by Man-of-Mystery 

Nice shortskin.
I'll put up the pics of myself in 1969. I know they have been on here umpteen times, but it will save you having to trawl back through the thread.


I thought I was the proverbial dog's b*ll*cks - flash git!

Originally Posted by harrysgame 


Were double breasted Sheepskins worn in the day? Not keen on them myself, much prefer a single breasted one.
I have a light brown one with white fur and a dark brown one with dark brown fur. Lovely and warm in this weather. As long as it doesn't rain.

Originally Posted by harrysgame 

Were double breasted Sheepskins worn in the day? Not keen on them myself, much prefer a single breasted one.
I have a light brown one with white fur and a dark brown one with dark brown fur. Lovely and warm in this weather. As long as it doesn't rain.

Originally Posted by Aces and Eights 

Not down my way - sheepskins, fly front macs, crombies and suit jackets were all single breasted