Description: English Womens Vintage Original Bluebird Grenfell Cloth Cotton Golfer By appointment from Grenfell Haythornthwaite & Sons Highest quality tailoring Excellent condition Outer 100% Original Cotton Grenfell Cloth Lined with Grenfell's 100% Cotton Grenoplin Two outside hand pockets One outside tee/coin pocket Quality metal vintage British Aero zip Button adjusters on sleeves and sides Quality buttons throughout A beautiful & rare item in this condition! The only thing to be seen golfing in, an original Grenfell golfer! Size Armpit to armpit 21" Length(base of collar to lower hem) 26" Armpit to cuff 18" International bidders contact me for postage Thanks! -If interested please see my other listings for similar performance natural outdoor fabrics made from Ventile and others. Woven in Burnley by Haythornwaite& Sons, on the steam driven looms of England Made from the legendary 100% cotton original Grenfell Cloth. Englands answer to the weather in the early 20th century & throughout. An extraordinary accomplishment by Walter Haythornwaite for Dr Wilfred Grenfell. A doctor helping the poor native people in Newfoundland Labrador where the cloth was invaluable for the icy arctic conditions. Light and finer than Ventile, woven to 600 thread counts per inch the looms had to be strengthened to weave the cloth. It's been used everywhere, tried & tested throughout, from the land speed records to Everest. In 1933, a Grenfell tent formed the highest habitation ever made by man on this planet. F.S Smythe slept in it for 13 hours-and awoke refreshed, although scientists had predicted that any man sleeping at that altitude would never waken. It was pitched at 27,000 feet, in a blizzard that drove Smythe to his knees ... a wind that forced microscopic snow crystals through other tents pitched 500 feet below-but not through the Grenfell cloth. Silk like, a most fine natural outdoor fabric to wear. Over 50 years ago Donald Campbell in Donald Campbell on Lake Coniston, Bluebird at Goodwood, wearing his after another brave run…in Grenfell Cloth racing suit Grenfell "The right cloth for Labrador mission workers", said Grenfell, should be light.. because travel was always on foot, following the dog teams. It should also be strong, for once on the trail, the wearer's life might well depend on it. It should be weatherproof, to turn both rain and snow, and windproof to retain wearer's warmth. Above all, it must allow the body moisture to escape. "We use it constantly-on the ships -on the planes-on the sledges-and motoring. It does not wear out and we cannot afford to take chances-much less dare we recommend to anyone else anything that would fail them at a pinch." - Sir Wilfred Grenfell -If interested please see my other listings for similar performance natural outdoor fabrics made from Ventile and others.
Price: 599.99 GBP
Location: Brighton, East Sussex
End Time: 2025-01-27T16:56:58.000Z
Shipping Cost: 31.01 GBP
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Size: M
Colour: Blue
Department: Women
Style: Golfer
Outer Shell Material: 100% Cotton Grenfell cloth
Brand: Grenfell
Type: Jacket
