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2019.127
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St Margaret CC41 Long Johns Underwear
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- nd [1941-1952] (Creation)
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(nd [1875-1994])
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St Margaret was the trademark of N. Corah & Sons of Leicester. They registered the trademark in 1875 but had been using it earlier for knitwear goods they manufactured at their St Margaret Works factory which was opened in 1865. In the 1870s they added football and rugby jerseys to the range of hosiery and garments they produced. In 1927 they signed an agreement with Marks & Spencer to make St Margaret knitwear to be sold in M&S stores. In 1977 M&S celebrated 50 years of their use of the label. It is unclear exactly when it was phased out by M&S but N. Corah & Sons was acquired by Coats Viyella in 1994, the company was soon broken up and St Margaret Works was closed in about 2004.
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Cream cotton knitted cotton jersey full length underwear (bottom half of the body). They have a button fly which fastens with three white plastic buttons (visible) above an opening. The waist is lined in white woven cotton and has lengths of white cotton tape sewn around the outside. They have a diamond shaped insert at the crotch and wide rib knit bands around the ankles. Unworn new old stock. Label in the centre back inside waist with the Utility CC41 mark.
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Label: CC41 / St. Margaret Interlock Unshrinkable
Materials: cotton, plastic
Measurements:
Waist 17 inches (flat)
Overall length (taken down side seam) 40 1/2 inches
Materials: cotton, plastic
Measurements:
Waist 17 inches (flat)
Overall length (taken down side seam) 40 1/2 inches
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- CC41 (Subject)