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o f my brolly by means o f p l as t i c c ur t a i n h o o ks .
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D u n g e n e s s fo r s e a f i s h i n g . Fre d ’ s w i fe J o a n wa s a s e a m s t re s s
a t a f l a g m a k i n g c o m p a ny i n A b b e y Wo o d , L o n d o n , w h e re t h e y
l ive d , a n d i t wa s d e c i d e d t h a t i f we d i s m a n t l e d o n e o f t h e s e
s u i t s we c o u l d u s e i t a s a p a t t e r n t o m a ke o u r o w n t h e r m a l
s u i t s t o p ro t e c t u s f ro m t h e w i n t e r c o l d . S e ve ra l l aye r s o f
q u i l t e d f i b re we re u s e d a n d c ove re d w i t h a n i n d u s t r i a l nyl o n
l aye r t o ke e p o f f a l i g h t s h o we r. N e o p re n e b o o t s we re a l s o
c o n s t r u c t e d i n t h e s a m e way t o ke e p o u r fe e t wa r m . T h e y
we re n o g o o d fo r wa l k i n g i n t h o u g h , a n d we h a d t o wa i t fo r
t h e S ke e t ex m o o n b o o t s b e fo re we c o u l d wa l k fa r. C o o k i n g
wa s a n o t h e r o b s t a c l e t o ove rc o m e … C a m p i n g G a z wa s a l l
yo u c o u l d g e t , a n d t h a t f ro z e i n t h e c o l d . M e n t h o l a t e d s p i r i t
c o o ke r s b e c a m e p o p u l a r i n t h e c o m i n g ye a r s b u t m a ny a n
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