Pale brown or camel coloured wool duffle coat with hood, wooden toggle closures and patch pockets. Label: Sabre London & Scotland
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Sabre
Beige gloverall duffel coat with four plastic toggles and leather cord. The fabric is a double cloth, plain on the outside, and a green and beige check inside. There is a yoke top stitched over the shoulders, stepped back slightly from the arm hole seam. The left side front yoke has a GLOVERALL label inserted. The hood shaped is created with a semi circle on top and finished with a facing with a bound edge. The hood seam is lapped, finished on inside with binding. The side of the hood is adjustable with a button tab attached to a short piece of elastic. There is a strap which buttons across to close the hood. The front body has a patch pocket and flap on each side. The centre front is finished with a facing with a bound edge. The coat inside is finished with overlocking with a single line of top stitching. Made in England
Gloverall
Dark brown leather duffle-style coat with removable hood. The hood has a drawstring and attaches to the coat with a bronze coloured YKK zip. The coat fastens centre front with a bronze coloured YKK zip and four tortoiseshell coloured plastic toggles with bronze coloured metal tips and leather loops. It has deep pockets at the front waist with Velcro fastening flaps and vertical 'handwarmer' pockets above. The body of the coat and the hood are lined Burberry Nova check made of 50% cotton and 50% polyester. The sleeves are lined in light brown polyester. It has a plaited leather hanging loop at the back of the neck. Factory label inside the front right waist pocket, cleaning instructions and material label sewn to the right side lining seam. Size 52
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Burberry
Wool duffle coat with leather 'football' buttons.
Unknown
Black wool duffle coat with neon/flourescent orange shoulder panels and cuffs made of coated cotton. There is a square black wool badge printed in white with the ICI circular logo stitched onto left chest. It fastens with three wooden toggles and navy cord at the centre front. The orange panels run over the shoulders to the cover the back yoke and are top stitched with black thread. The coat is not finished to a high standard - the inside seams are left raw at the neck. It has two large front patch pockets and neck tabs with button fastenings.
George Key (Rugeley) Ltd
Black wool duffle coat with fluorescent orange yoke in the style of a donkey jacket. There is a strip of silver reflective fabric on each side of the front yoke and around each cuff. The centre front closes with four wooden toggles attached with black rope. The back of the coat has NCB printed in black letters, which has been coloured over with black pen. Underneath the letters is a strip of silver reflective fabric. The coat has a one piece hood, which is unlined with an over locked seam. The front has a square patch pocket with notched corners. The full body of the jacket is cut from a single piece of fabric, seamed at the shoulder.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Country of Manufacture: United Kingdom
National Coal Board
Dark navy blue wool duffle coat which fastens with four wooden toggles and loops. 'GPO' is stitched in red machine embroidery onto dark navy wool patches which are sewn onto each collar front. The toggles are attached with cream cotton cord cords down the right side of the front of the coat. The loops are made of the same cream cotton cord. It has two large patch pockets to lower front. Adjustable strap with button fastening to lower sleeve. Unlined. Size 3.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Country of Manufacture: England
Keywords: Civil uniform, post office uniform, postal services
General Post Office
Yellow leather duffle style coat with three wooden toggle and rope closures on centre front (bottom one damaged). The front of the coat has a padded patch pocket on each side with rounded corners. The seams attaching the sections of leather together to form the body of the coat are top stitched, set in at 4 mm. There is a two piece hood which closes at the centre front with a tab and snap fastener. The coat has a yoke seam on front and back. The inside of the coat is printed with an enlarged image of the C.P. Company British sailor logo in blue yellow and red. The lining is cotton with a polyester padding. Made in Italy.
C.P. Company
Brushed woollen fabric with parallel stripes at the cuffs and on the bottom hem. This fabric draws its inspiration from the wool used to make military blankets. Fabric applique inside the garment and hood.
Country of Design: Italy
Stone Island
