Help Please - RAF waistcoat
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Help Please - RAF waistcoat
Hope this is ok to post here. An elderly friend is trying to have a waistcoat made in RAF tartan. If it helps he lives in Oxfordshire.
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
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Do a GOOGLE search for MacTartan.
Although a waistcoat isn't mentioned in the RAF Tartan pricelist, I'm sure an offcut could be procured to tailor the garment.
Although a waistcoat isn't mentioned in the RAF Tartan pricelist, I'm sure an offcut could be procured to tailor the garment.
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My father-in-law had waistcoat and trews in RAF tartan made recently- the shop's in St Andrews, but he lives down South. He sent the the shop trousers etc that fit him, and they copied those. Made a good job of it too.
Not ideal, location wise- but if you'd like the shop details, let me know, and I'll check which one it was.
Not ideal, location wise- but if you'd like the shop details, let me know, and I'll check which one it was.
Tanker
From the tartan register:
From the tartan register:
First designed in 1989 by Arthur Mackie an ex Royal Air Force pilot of Forfar, Angus. The original intention was a design for the Royal Air Force but was adopted by the Women's Auxillary Air Force Association as part of their uniform in 1990 when the tartan name was Air Force. Members of the WAAF's Association have worn this distinctive uniform at the annual Remembrance Day Parade at the Cenotaph in London with great pride. In 2002 Arthur was contacted by the Air Ministry to enquire if the tartan could be adopted as the "Royal Air Force tartan" to equip the Royal Air Force pipe bands which was initially displayed for the first time at the Edinburgh Military tattoo in Edinburgh in 2003.
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A lot of history there, 1989 design first seen in 2003!
fixed image from here: Scottish tartans-Scotland clans heritage from Scotland On Line
fixed image from here: Scottish tartans-Scotland clans heritage from Scotland On Line
