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  1. originallambrettaman

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    THEY were called The Three-Day Millionaires and they dressed the part.

    Now a team behind a new arts project has launched a search to track down some of the original made-to-measure suits worn by some of Hull's trawlermen.

    They want to showcase the distinctive suits in a touring exhibition that opens in September.

    The Heritage Lottery-backed Suited And Booted project is being managed by Rachel Elm.

    She said: "We have already unearthed a lot of information and stories about the suits worn by the trawlermen but the one thing we are missing at the moment is an actual suit or, even better, a couple of suits.

    "We are sure that someone has one tucked away in the back of a cupboard somewhere."

    The project is the brainchild of textile designer and Hull School of Art and Design lecturer Claire Day.

    She first discovered the trawlermen's passion for sharp suits while watching a production of Northern Trawl at the old Hull Truck Theatre in Spring Street.

    "I remember watching the show and seeing the actors wearing these quite unusual suits," she said.

    "I was a fashion and textile student at the time and it always stayed with me.

    "I always wanted to know more about them but it's only since I started writing the proposal for this project to properly document the suits that I've come to realise how historically important they were as a clothing sub-culture.

    "They were also quite unusual for the era as well in their design and styling, quite unlike normal tailored suits in the 1950s and 1960s.

    "We know a lot of trawlermen specifically asked for things like half-moon pockets, high waistbands and bell-bottom trousers as well as quite different colours in pastel shades such as pale blue, fawn and silver grey, which were very different from the traditional dark British suit."

    The distinctive suits were usually made-to-measure by local tailoring shops, many based in Hessle Road.

    "There is a view they represented a very tribal identity rather than a rebellion against any traditional ways of dressing," said Claire.

    "The men who wore them came from a strong matriarchal community where women ran the home while they were away at sea so the suits were their way of expressing themselves."

    The project is also working with a number of city primary schools, encouraging youngsters to come up with their own fashion designs.

    Hull-based film-maker Antony Hatfield is also producing a documentary on the subject.

    He said: "It would be great to get our hands on an actual suit but finding one is a bit like finding gold dust at the moment."

    If anyone has an old trawlerman's suit they should call Rachel Elms on 07926 069322.

    Exhibition to tour city

    The Suited And Booted exhibition will open on September 11 at the Artlink Gallery in Princes Avenue, west Hull.

    It will run for six weeks at Artlink before moving to the Hull School of Art and Design in Wilberforce Drive, city centre, where students are currently making dresses and jewellery based on the city's fishing heritage.

    The exhibition will then move to nearby Holy Trinity Church over the Christmas period.

    Organisers are hoping to find one more venue to host the exhibition until the end of January next year.

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  2. Happy Tiger

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    Didn't you keep any of yours Lambie??
     
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    Very stylish, (to some), typically powder blue, massive lapels, hugely wide flapping trousers, I remember them well; it was a uniform of uniquely odd individuality.
     
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    I had a very nice two-tone suit in 1980, but I don't think that's really what they're after.
     
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    Had a blue/green two-tone back in 1972, cost £200 then. I think my family paid for a swimming pool for Montague Burton back in the day!
     
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    Mine was a blue/burgundy one, from Royce Menswear on King Edward Street.
     
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    Hang on to your deerstalkers, pringles and lois jeans an arts project will want them one day.

    Toty's mob never run.
     
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    Remember some of the suit jackets had belts or straps at the back, don't know why.
     
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    Remember them well, the powder blue ones in particular.
     
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    Nobody on here knows, or cares what a three day millionaire is. Mike Waterson's classic should be an anthem to our club, from a day when football really mattered. Unfortunately, like the true heritage of our City, football is no more than a whore to a media mogul!
     
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    Most of the three-day millionaires in Hull would have no interest whatsoever in football, their sporting venue of preference being situated down Airlie Street. Perhaps in their later years as Kirkella residing skippers, the odd one might one might have defected to Boothferry Park.
     
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    The old joke: Tailor - "Would you like a belt in the back?"

    Deckhand - "Have we time?"
     
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    The ones shown in 'Ezzle Rerd' were the younger trend of 'shawl collar, 1 link-button fastening, jet pockets and 4 inch waist bands. The older ones would always get the 'standard' double breasted, 4 inch waistband and 24 inch bottoms. I had stacks of regulars from my days at (Montague) Burtons and March the Tailors. There was some sort of superstition regarding 'leaving money behind' and if doing so you wouldn't come back to it, hence why they spent up big for the few days they were home. God knows what they did with them because they would order another on their next trip when they picked up the one they ordered on their previous trip which they'd only worn three times. Great 'tippers' and I learned as I grew older that they would do the pub crawl and think nothing of leaving the cab outside with the meter running for a couple of hours or more. Had many 'hangers-on' who would milk them for all they were worth.
     
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    My great grandfather was a skipper in hull don't think any one on here would be old enough to remember him though.
     
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    Wouldn't kid yourself!<doh>
     
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    He was called Captain Isaac if it rings a bell, he was quite well known on hessle rd
     
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    I disagree. Why would Hull City play Grimsby on Christmas Day if your presumption were true!
     
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    I know a favourite sporting venue of preference for them was the Craven Park dog track. My uncle assisted a bookie there and some of the bets were extremely large. My uncle went on to run his own Turf Accountant business in East Hull after being' illegal' for many years.
     
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    bollocks, as usual.
     
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