ray pool

DOWN MEMORY LANE

by ray pool

Tuesday 6th June 2017 10:40 pm

down memory lane the other day

bought a suede jacket

happened to see it hanging there

biscuit brown soft and classy

nineteen sixties

down memory lane the other day

short lapels

button missing

turned one on me lathe

sewed it on, big deal

just the thing

waltzed out down the town

down memory lane again

confidence boosted

well up front

convinced me more than talking up

how wonderful the sixties were

'cause I remember them

had a suede jacket then

never been the same without it

God bless you all

there's no stopping me after all.

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Comments

raypool

Thu 8th Jun 2017 10:14

Thanks Suki. I love Ray Davies and his languid style, perfectly express the period . Cheers.

Ray

suki spangles

Wed 7th Jun 2017 23:40

Lovely warm wit Ray. I can imagine Ray Davies singing this, and all with a wry smile.

Cheers,
Suki

raypool

Wed 7th Jun 2017 23:01

Glad you took this to heart David. We can pretend, but we can't fool ourselves, can we? but then again..... In a certain way, the subtlety of suede belongs to the comfortable past, but I resurrected it.

Ray

raypool

Wed 7th Jun 2017 21:35

Thanks all for your welcome comments. I did feel a bit of a geezer when I wrote this for some reason.

Martin, it's funny how you get attached to favourite clothes - I was always leaving stuff on gigs too far away to get them back. Glad you liked this!

Tom, how strange. When I get a strong desire to own something I always seem to find what i'm looking for. I think a proper decent suede coat or jacket today would be very pricy - mine was £50. I hope you get yours.

Col: Don't get me going. Two things though. Army and Navy Stores was the place until the 80s great quality ex service stuff from different nations. They went under. Also there was a shop opp. Covent Garden tube that sold US baseball jackets - incredibly cool. In the 80s they were about £30 - £40 then. IN the 60s I had suits made by Hepworths to measure -£18 -£20. All tits up now I agree.
There is no utube video sorry, but I messed up the one off the lathe so made one from a piece of dowel, drilled out for the thread and rounded and coloured to match. Those Crombie coats lasted a lifetime didn't they?

Thanks Stu. The buttons were oval and an unusual shape with streaky patterns. No easy task my friend. I have to engage my brain with such things....

Love to all. Ray

Stu Buck

Wed 7th Jun 2017 13:43

great stuff ray, full of nostalgia and a fast wit. agree with colin, turning a button on a lathe sounds fascinating. will investigate,

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Wed 7th Jun 2017 07:46

we used to buy old Crombie overcoats from jumble sales when we woz punks. I had a real beaut, all silky satin lined and snuggly warm in winter - went great with ripped jeans and mohican! Never see them now. Go into a vintage clothing shop today and it's all shell suits and 70's Adidas. I feel sorry for youngsters, that they don't have access to the dead wardrobes of the 40's 50's and 60's. I had some great suits too, lovely thick material, none of this thin off the peg shite peddled in every high street chain. Ah well, Memory Lane as you say Ray.
cheers,
Col

PS: intrigued about turning a button on a lathe. Is there a YouTube video of this?

Tom Harding

Wed 7th Jun 2017 00:08

nice ray. amazing i was actually thinking of buying a suede jacket the other day. you've almost sold me.

Martin Elder

Tue 6th Jun 2017 22:45

Memory lane has such a wealth of memories to look back on most of which are rich like this one. I don't remember ever having a suede jacket but I do remember having and old RAF great coat I was very attached to and then left it at college and lost it.
Lovely poem Ray thanks for posting

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