BLAZERS were discarded after your last day at school - until 40 years later when you joined the boolin' club. Not sure why these bowlers at the Queen's Park Club in Glasgow in 1964 were sitting out in the rain as it is unlikely that there would be any bowling soon, but it does remind us that sensible women in those days could pluck a rain-mate from their handbags and unfurl them over their heads. Yes, rain-mates. Clear plastic hoods that folded up to the size of a finger yet in a moment could protect your perm. But nowadays women would rather have wet hair than look like their granny, so the rain-mate market appears to be moribund.
The gentlemen have their bowling club blazers which of course have to be decorated with badges from various clubs and tournaments. The only jackets where the lapels wear-out first. No doubt they quickly headed into the clubhouse after agreeing to the picture - after all, have you seen how cheap the drink is at bowling clubs?
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