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British country clothing (photos)...

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#1 ·
Some time ago I promised one of our mods that I would produce some good links for "how to wear British country clothing". Having failed to do that, here I will post some random photos I've encountered during my travels across the internet.

These photos provide excellent examples of how middle-class Brits wear their country clothing when pursuing outdoor field sports. We will see many waxed jackets, tweed breeks, and modern "Gore-Tex" shooting jackets in action. As I've said before, I used to subscribe to The Field, a stuffy magazine devoted to British country life and sports. It was well-illustrated with genuine country folk doing their thing and the photos posted below are authentic.

Once the outdoor photos are posted, I will post some photos of people getting ready for the post-shoot dinner and festivities.

Enjoy!

PS: What won't be seen are the rural working class serving as beaters, etc. It would be nice to have some photos thus, but I simply don't as yet.
 
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#662 · (Edited)
Sarge, I have a question about the image you posted.

To the right of the gentleman, all dressed for the hunt, there are two steel or pewter cups with angled handles. I have seen these kinds of cups before in images from films that feature scenes of such hunts. I think they can be carried along while one is on horseback. They remind me of the pewter cups used to drink the classic Pimm's No 1 cocktail at cricket matches and other sporting events. Do they have a special name?
 
#663 ·
I believe the term is 'stirrup cup' being one that was handed down after mounting for a 'stimulating' wee dram before the hunt itself began. This always struck me as a truly bad idea but that is probably do to my complete lack of comfort on horseback. I find horses like motorcycles. They're lovely to look at--from a modest distance!
 
#664 ·
Thank you! Now I remember the term. Stirrup cup is the perfect way to characterize this drinking vessel.

As for horses, I do not ride them, although I admire them. But I used to ride motorcycles a lot in my youth and even completed a 2000-mile trip around southern India back in 1971, through mountains, forests, monsooon rains, flooded rivers and all the rest of it. I still toy with the idea of buying a motorcycle, but I may be getting a little too old for that at 70.
 
#665 ·
After I left Active Duty I thought that I might make Affirmative Action work for me and become an RN. It didn't turn out well. But for the 13 months I worked on a Spinal Column Injury ward, it did have the beneficial effect to make me swear off the following activities: 1) Diving head first into an unknown depth, 2) Riding an innertube down a snowy slope, and lastly, 3) no motorcycles!
 
#666 ·
The discomfort of an increasingly arthritic spine convinced me to leave my Harley parked in the garage on an increasingly frequent basis, over my last two years of ownership and I finally sold it when our young grandsons began getting overly interested in the beast! For the reasons you state above, I really didn't want to see them getting into iron horses. ;)
 
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