Paws and Posts

Couple of things really this week as I'm melting a bit in the heat.

First a friend recently aquired a kitten after a period of being catless and is getting grips with such things as wanting to spend time cupboards and bedrooms and dealing with a kitten that very much knows what its favourite brand of cat meat is and who makes, turning its nose up at anything that's sub par.

While none of my cats ever were adopted or cats for rehoming, I recall the hair tearing out moments around finding out what it did like and then dealing with things like the make going out of stock in our shops with the cat defiant to the last over what constitutes "good tasting" food.

The other thing is more forum centred and it is please don't take images of minors and by either photoshopping or adding commentary link them to things that whatever you may feel about the activity or interest are seen as very much kink or otherwise sexual in nature.

We do get a fair chunk of "lurkers" plus being totally open to the public anyone from "Plod" to an actual child being able to peep in so linking kiddies to kink really is a bad idea unless you seriously want to lose the forum and leave ME with knocks on the door interviewed under caution.

If we tell about what you posted, for heaven's sake do show some understand of WHY what you posted was not acceptable and ARE prepared to keep within the rules.

 

Of velvet and its allure

Bit of a damp coolish day as I type this and I'm think a bit of older classic ways of dressing  such as cord shorts which were preffered in some Prep schools for being more hard wearing but also fitted in with Play, something you might change into after lessons or upon coming home and guzzling some pop.

That was more like the kind of thing and a year a half back I had commisioned although mine were more 5 inch inside leg which was a bit longe than what was normal when I was around twelve.

Practical and hard wearing.

For some reason Velvet and even colours associated with velvet tend to have a image problem in the UK being looked on as either namby-pamby, old-fashioned or shades of "Little Lord Fauntleroy but it need not be.

For instance you could have olive or gold velvet short trousers which with draw string and generous pockets does lend itself as much for play except of the roughest kind as just casual attire.

Browns do work too and this more traditional dress cut styled pair might well work  as would dark blue and what is wrong with shorter inside legs so long as they're decent .

Teemed with suitable socks which I know white historically had an image issue but does go well why shouldn't the modern adult little boy not wear something like this if that is him?

Play and little boy reading

The week after all the D-Day stuff and as I'm typing this out weather appears to be very much all over the place as I headed out into the park during a sunnier dry spell in the proceedings.

Uniform continues to be a topic but another kind of uniform tends I feel to forgotten about and that what we wear for play as we didn't spend all our time sat in school as much as you might of felt that by Friday morning.

Unlike today where there's a massive market of casual branded clothing for life beyond school back then it was second bests and maybe the odd t shirt as schools then didn't accept them as uniform

Thus I was out in short charcoal short trousers and a red top and grey socks very much a seventies little boy.

Moving on, while on the other blog and the odd time here I've talked about reading  I do sit in a streamed children's reading session where books from peoples childhood are read and people do chat between and we finished one book on Sunday.

Although Enid Blyton was and remains all over children's literature in the UK, it remains a adult game to find every ism and -obic in all she wrote which reflected the world a child back then lived in when often little was meant and let's be honest how will today's children's favourites be seen in eighty or more years hence?

Her more recent publishers have had chunks rewritten to fit various agendas but when we read Noddy And Tessie Bear this didn't have references to gollies, and Noddy having a spanking removed.

After all it was written in 1952 and such things existed as indeed for me they did in 1972!

A bit like the comics we loved such as the Beano, everything is set in children's world - instead of Beanotown we have Toytown where things mirror in a way the world you are in - with the pleasures and disapointments of everyday life.

The story concerns a  playful adventure gone awrywith Noddy and Tessie not realizing what was about to happen unto it's too late and the consequences.

It was fun and I was able to get a fairly early copy free from alterations for my own story book collection as I read Noddy but was seldom bought any and those I'd of had were, like my childhood toys often handed to others on the basis "You a big boy now, you don't need them".

Uniform - getting it without breaking the bank

 It's June and hardly flaming here as it keeps going dullish and then sunny with temperatures around 14 to 17 but damp feeling having been up gettting the oatcakes this morning (Staffordshire, NEVER Derbyshire!).

Something people do talk about is uniform and I don't feel rehashing posts about whole looks and all that but more around the business of getting yours and any more play clothes as you may not either have any or being delicate, perhaps don't fit into the remaining bits you might have or can easily pick up.

The first place you might find is Albert Prendergast Ltd but while I'd never day anything against their service and overall quality unlike some other interests that seem to sell to those who must have stuff from places that cater to them, his stuff tends to be expensive compared even to things from similar suppliers.

You can often find stuff like turn over top socks with and without banding on ebay sometimes new sometimes "vintage" and depending on your shoe size some mainstream shops with school uniforms sections may have them in plain grey or black.

Short trousers if you're over a 36/38 inch waist can be harder to find especially lined although some "Sturdy" or Plus sized pair sold by general school sellers can be found on the likes of Ebay in unlined form.

That's the one area I feel you're more restricted over as often actual boys shirts, M&S y fronts, vests can be found eslewhere.

When it comes to scoutwear within limits such as obviously with new stuff current "branding" will  apply, you can buy from official suppliers but be mindful to order small quantities as if you're buying for an actual child and leave feedback relating to a child not you and certainly not  nothing that might suggest anything else!

I have a more mix and match approach being a traditional grey shorts and matching socks version of the current look.

A.P Ltd do have some replica whole uniforms made for pre 1967 and 70's 80's before the last major changes if you are the sort that need a total period look.

We are talking around the idea of allowing private sales on the forum as some do buy bulk consignments and would be happy to split, others may have some vintage items they don't need and depending what your doing something more vintage may be what you're looking for.

It is early days yet but it is likely to have most correspondence doing via the messaging on site with "Would like to buy" "Pending" "Sold" adding to any sales thread so everyones clear on the status and obviously it is between private individuals and as such Moderators aren't getting into policing sales.