Hands up who had one of these

stovelid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Snorkel_parka.jpg

Bonus points for orange quilted lining

Ruu_Old

*raises hand* My two brothers had them as well, so that was all three of us going to school with them. Mine had huge buttons on them, not normal shape. You could zip them right up to the top so you would have the Kenny from Southpark look.
A mate of mine from Liverpool was over there last year and said every kid he saw had one and they must have come back in style (or maybe just Liverpool kids being odd).

DublinWriter

Yup, complete with day-glo orange lining.

They were leathal to wear in the playground as someone could grab the hood over your head and swing you around. The counterpart defensive move was to hold your arms out and slide completely out of the parka when being swung then administer a swift kick to your opponent's nads before grabbing your parka back and running away...quickly.

stovelid

DublinWriter wrote:

administer a swift kick to your opponent's nads before grabbing your parka back and running away...quickly.

risky if you misjudged the maneuver and had to leg it home without the parka though

I also remember being sent to school in a cheap brown parka-type coat with inner fur lining and being called Chewbacca for two weeks.....

GhostInTheRuins

*Shoots hand up*

Yep I had one of those babys too. I have memories of finding hairs in my mouth from wearing the hood tightly closed in the winter :mad: . I don't know why but as far as I can remember I loved that aul thing

Who didnt have one of those.

MooseJam

me, brings back memories

county

hands are up,navy and green i think they were

440Hz

lmao!! I always wanted one so I could fit in Alas... I was forced into some Duffle coat instead!

admiralofthefleet

yeah, i had one, it was near impossible to see traffic on both sides when crossing at the school gates

stovelid

admiralofthefleet wrote:

yeah, i had one, it was near impossible to see traffic on both sides when crossing at the school gates

I'm sure the number of kids in the 70s and 80s with snorkels inspired the ads that told you to look around you when crossing the roads. When your hood was fully zipped up, you had to do the periscope movement from side to side to see around you .

Slow Motion

DublinWriter wrote:

They were leathal to wear in the playground as someone could grab the hood over your head and swing you around. The counterpart defensive move was to hold your arms out and slide completely out of the parka when being swung then administer a swift kick to your opponent's nads before grabbing your parka back and running away...quickly.

Ah yes !! The memories

440Hz

stovelid wrote:

ads that told you to look around you when crossing the roads

who needed ads when we had:

1 look for a safe place
2 dont hurry stop and wait
3 look all around and listen before you cross the road
remember
4 let all the traffic pass you
5 and walking straight across you
6 keep watching thats the safe cross code..thats the safe cross code
know the safe cross code....know the code



hehe

Raytown Rocks

*waves hands in the air*
Yes another Snorkel owner here.

Dyr

yeah whats with the parka thing? they're not parka jackets they're snorkels.

I had to wear a duffle too. jesus i hated them

Though i notice that parka and duffels are hip with the retro gola bag/lank fringe set these days. F****n cappers

Capt'n Midnight

Bambi wrote:

I had to wear a duffle too. jesus i hated them

qft

with the cone shaped buttons too

and the snorkel jackets, fine in a shower but when they got soaked can remember lots of winter days when all the radiators were covered in them dripping on the floor and then when you went home you put on the lovely warm jacket and 15 seconds later it felt cold and wet again


they were great in a snowball fight up to a point - no one could get your face
unless they snuck up beside you and shoved it down the snorkel

Nordie

Hands up here too, thankfully I never had a duffle:D

Ruu_Old

Hah, had a duffle coat as well. It was blue, tartan pattern and was lined with this thick stuff, nearly like sheeps wool when you turned the whole coat inside out.

Dudess

Ruu wrote:

A mate of mine from Liverpool was over there last year and said every kid he saw had one and they must have come back in style (or maybe just Liverpool kids being odd).

Oh, guarantee they'll come back into fashion among those twats who think really uncool stuff from the 80s is cool - e.g. the types who buy stuff in Urban Outfitters that looks like stuff you'd have found in the pound shop. Or the people who own Gruel on Dame Street: a statue of the Virgin Mary, decor that you'd find in your gran's house in the 80s - how delightfully postmodern! :rolleyes: Or the types who like Dolly Parton (they don't really - it's just SO clever and ironic to say they do because she's really, like, unfashionable etc). The same kind of people "long" to be working-class etc.

But back to Stovelid's question, my mother tried to force me to wear one of those hideous things but there was no way it was happening. Ew, they were horrid!

Miss Fluff

Ah bless. I didn't but my older brother did.

Capt'n Midnight

Dudess wrote:

Or the types who like Dolly Parton (they don't really - it's just SO clever and ironic to say they do because she's really, like, unfashionable etc).

If you want a fun time or even a great ride, Dolly's the one http://www.dollywood.com/rides-attractions/

Mrs. MacGyver

I didn'y have one but all the cousins did. I had a navy duffle coat so not trendy.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I wish I had one.

tonc76

A yeah lamh suas

Always found it difficult to eat a jam sandwich with the jacket fully zipped up tho

Morlar

I had one of those a navy one then a grey one a couple years later (also a duffle). They were lethal in the playground alright - also off the playground. I remember one night a bunch of us were playing knick nack and one guy had the hood of his snorkel jacket pulled over his head. We then took the clip at the top of the hood and stuck it in someone's letter box then banged the handle off the door and bolted. Course when they opened the door poor matie of ours got dragged clean into their hallway. Great design classic but they were definitely lethal for kids.

CrowdedHouse

Wow-had forgotten about these.

Had one too...was even the 'Lord Anthony' brand pictured in the OP's link

boneless

Still have one!!!!