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Tulloch Mountain Craft Jacket

Accession Number

1146.2014.1

Object Name

Tulloch Mountain Craft Jacket

Created

16/07/2014

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

16/07/2014

Brief Description

TMC orange jacket with nylon zip, hood and 3 pockets.Nylon drawstring.

Materials

ripstop nylon,cotton,velcro, metal

Dimensions

72(L) X58(W) CMS

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

On label a tortoise and " MADE IN SCOTLAND TMC PRODUCTS TULLOCH MOUNTAIN CRAFT"

Colour

orange

Maker

Tulloch Mountain Craft

Object Production Place

Scotland

Provenance

Tulloch is little more than a railway station surrounded by a few other buildings, on the West Highland Railway Line which runs from Glasgow to Mallaig through some of Scotland's wildest and most beautiful scenery. It was in one of those other buildings, around 1970, that Dave Challis decided to set up a small business to manufacture outdoor clothing and run outdoor education courses. The business was called Tulloch Mountain Craft(TMC)
The enterprise does not seem to have been a huge commercial success, though TMC did produce some interesting and innovative clothing at a time when there were only a few players in the market.
Very little of TMC clothing has survived and what there is hasn't fared too well; maybe because it was good and got used a lot. We have a fine example here in the collection which was literally salvaged from a rubbish bin. We think it's a very early product made from rip-stop nylon and cotton, though the cotton could be lightweight ventile - we need a textile expert! Positioning of the pockets seems to indicate that the jacket was/is reversible though the zip and cuffs are not. A former employee tells us that TMC did not have a sewing machine capable of making buttonholes, so velcro became the standard form of fastening pockets.
The colour and patina of this well used jacket is the envy of clothing manufacturers who spend millions of pounds trying to re-create something that looks so good. We are delighted to have salvaged a fabulous looking jacket with such fascinating pedigree.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

16/07/2014

Condition Check Date

16/07/2014

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

16/07/2014

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