Hackles

**LightOrder** · 02-08-2017, 15:49

When did the hackles get so big, they seem very large on photographs on here compared to the ones we wore in the 1960s.?

**jones20** · 02-08-2017, 19:42

Genetic breeding

**keithwill38** · 03-08-2017, 12:10

the ones in the 60,s were like shuttlecocks

**LightOrder** · 03-08-2017, 12:51

We used to store them in the small glass baby food jars that were about at that time to keep the shape [rounded at the top]; as they were only worn for ceremonial duties [then]. To store the current version and keep the shape you would need to use the barrel of a one inch morter tube.

**jones20** · 03-08-2017, 17:23

I remember a shop on one of the platforms at Paddington station used to sell them they were huge

**Keith Jones 989** · 03-08-2017, 23:32

Originally Posted by jones20

I remember a shop on one of the platforms at Paddington station used to sell them they were huge

Platform 9 and 3/4?

**jones20** · 04-08-2017, 08:04

Originally Posted by Keith Jones 989

Platform 9 and 3/4?

Yea and they were still running on steam

**LightOrder** · 04-08-2017, 14:56

Must pop in and get one next time I am in the 'Smoke'....So I am thinking that the answer is nobody knows?

**jones20** · 04-08-2017, 18:18

I am talking 30 years ago its all changed down there now

**RHA-Dropshort** · 08-08-2017, 15:29

In the ACF, we used to shape them in toilet roll cardboard tubes, then graduated to empty Duraglit tins with a hole in the lid. We also used to put a light dusting of talcum powder in the tin to help keep them white! The modern hackles are at LEAST twice the size1 :D