Budgie jackets ??

[DSCOMAN]

Hi Everyone, Ahoy Hoy..
Does anyone have any recollection of, or better still, any pics of BUDGIE JACKETS please?
I have seen suede type ones on the web, but I am talking about the two colour COTTON type jackets worn in Britain in the mid-late seventies.
My mates all had them, maroon and black, green and black, white and black....you could name who had what colour.....any replies appreciated
THANKS IN ADVANCE

[80sChav]

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Hi Everyone, Ahoy Hoy..
Does anyone have any recollection of, or better still, any pics of BUDGIE JACKETS please?
I have seen suede type ones on the web, but I am talking about the two colour COTTON type jackets worn in Britain in the mid-late seventies.
My mates all had them, maroon and black, green and black, white and black....you could name who had what colour.....any replies appreciated
THANKS IN ADVANCE

Interesting thread idea/topic Discman

I have not herd of Budgie Jackets as such .... what an unusual name! Do you possibly mean they are the same as WindRunners (as so much had regional diolect at one point and regional termonolgy. Sorry in advance if I a wrong/confused.

80sChav

[darren]

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FOUND THESE IMAGES ONLINE MATE.
I MUST SAY ID NEVER HEARD OF THESE BEFORE

http://www.styleforum.net/content/ty...311/height/400


http://www.mendozamenswear.com/wp-co...800&w=900&zc=1

Hi Everyone, Ahoy Hoy..
Does anyone have any recollection of, or better still, any pics of BUDGIE JACKETS please?
I have seen suede type ones on the web, but I am talking about the two colour COTTON type jackets worn in Britain in the mid-late seventies.
My mates all had them, maroon and black, green and black, white and black....you could name who had what colour.....any replies appreciated
THANKS IN ADVANCE

[80sChav]

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I had not heard of them too Darren, but can recall them now - though I'm unsure if I'd describe them as Cotton.

Very good indeed and stylish! Almost like something Basil Fawlty would wear!

[zip55]

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They were made famous by Adam Faith in the 1971 TV series "Budgie".

[battyrat]

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Now I have seen the jacket I can place it. One of the older kids on the estate had something similar. I can see him in my minds eye cycling on his chopper bike up and down the street wearing it . Funny how I can also remember his slightly flared out ragged bottom trousers and bumper boots. He was a mates older brother and would of been about 15 or 16 when we were about 8 or 9 years old. It's a long time ago but I have a feeling it was two colored. My mates brother liked a lot of cowboy and western stuff so the jacket might of appealed to him in the modern style of the time. Just trying to remember the colors of the jacket?

[DSCOMAN]

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Hi Guys, Thanks for the replies- BUT STILL NOT what I was thinking of.
80's chav - No definately not windrunners
Batty - you seem to be remembering them - that would have been the era/style
The nearest is the pics from Darren - But the jackets were more like a hyrid of the two images - but IN COTTON, with an elasticated waist.
Definately NOT suede or cordorouy !!

As I said, they were in two colours - Black and another colour on the same jacket.
I know I AM NOT IMAGINING THEM - can anyone else help ?

[battyrat]

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There's a forum here talking about Budgie jackets.http://www.inthe70s.com/clothes/budgiejacket0.shtml

[DSCOMAN]

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Ta Batty, at least a mention in the replies there THANKS - but they were NOT the suede ones around our way - we could only afford cotton....

[Gill]

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This is the Budgie jacket I remember. Sorry about the quality but original photo was blurred - it wasn't me!

[zip55]

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Here's a budgie jacket, although the ones I remember from the early 70's had an elasticated waist, more in the style of a bomber jacket.

[DSCOMAN]

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Hi Gill, Thanks for the photo.......I remember this I think...were they Lumberjack coats though - fur collar and wool type material ? - this looks like it has at least two 'chevrons' ?
The Budgie jackets we had were Cotton- and distinctive, with one BIG chevron type shoulder/chest piece and round collars...the search continues....