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They were a classic british sleeping bag that was very common and well regarded before the more modern mummy shaped bags with nylon outers took over. Inflatable Air Mattress Outdoor Tent Mat for Camping Hiking Travel Sleeping Pad, Aluminum Foil Sleeping Mattress Mat Pad Camping Picnic Ground Sheet 200x150, Andes Olive Green Waterproof Camping Fishing Bivvy Bag Sleeping Bag Cover, Andes Waterproof Bivvy Bag Camping Fishing Sleeping Bag Cover, Avid Carp Thermafast 5 XL Sleeping Bag NEW Carp Fishing Sleeping Bag, Specialized Rockhopper 24” Childrens Mountain Bike Frame Red Cr-Mo Steel 1986. However John Jackson suffered an early setback when Ted Ward disappeared in the Himalayas in the late 1950s. 1937 Blacks CatalogueThese, along with their mountain tents gave them an opportunity to enter the specialist expedition market – both polar and Himalayan, which of course they exploited in their advertising. Silver. Expensive though, and most of us made do with a couple of cheapo nylon bags, one inside the other. Do you have any tips for the older person who is thinking of camping for the first time? You must log in or register to reply here. Showell (Kip) Styles passed onto "the great hike" a couple of years back. Still got and use my blacks icelandic bag.it was as mentioned blue,and still is though faded. My kit 50 years ago used to weigh 30 for a long weekend: it still does despite light modern technology. Thanks for your info on the "relic!" Large Tent - Professional Waterproof & Windproof Camping Tent, Octagon Type, Military Issued Litefighter Full Spectrum 1-Man Combat Shelter Tent Coyote Tan, 4-Season Cotton Canvas Waterpoof Bell Tent Front Awning Party 4M 5M 6M Yurt Tent, Mosquito Net for Kids Princess Play House Reading Nook Tent Gray 94.5'', Cabelas 2 Room Cabin Tent with Awning - Sleeps 8-10, Northern Designs By Quest 11x9 4-6 Person Dome Tent, East German Army Cotton Canvas Bell 2 Men Tent Shelters with Pegs & Poles, Bed Canopy Kids Baby Princess Play House Cotton Cloth Reading Nook Tent Pink, Bed Canopy for Kids Crib Dome Princess Play House Cloth Reading Nook Gray, FRENCH ARMY SURPLUS 2 PERSON MAN TENT OLIVE GREEN NEW MILITARY WATERPROOF, Black Diamond Camping Tent & Canopy Accessories. By 1904 the second Thomas Black recognised that without diversification the firm would fail.

saintnick001; Jun 21, 2011; Replies 18 Views 2K. I will have it dry-cleaned. I haven't unroled it for years as I think it is probably rotten. All the time I have been searching for a Black's GP Major when what I needed was a Itisa Senior tent. [Caravans & Motorhomes For Sale]  Advice, info and recommendations. 1933 Thomas Black and Sons ( Greenock) Limited Good Companions Catalogue, p. 3, In the 1920s and 1930s, Blacks developed a number of lightweight tent designs including the ‘Good Companion’, the ‘Guinea’ and the streamlined ‘improved Tinker‘ which was designed specifically for wild camping to rival the Camtors ‘Itisa’. [Features / Advice]  1970s. Blacks, already much bigger, doing a reverse takeover: the MD master-minding this was Robin Duthie, who was depicted as champion on the front page of the Sunday Times business news. If it were zipped up, and with its short zipper, in a emergency I wouldn't be able to get out?f And I have several of these emergencies nightly!!") 1960s. Oxfordshire and Pyrenees-Orientales, France, http://photos.imageevent.com/imagedude/bbladeupload/bags.jpg. "We're not quite sure where our tent came from, but suspect it's from the 1950's, another interesting piece of camping heritage, Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007, © The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection | Terms & Conditions.

Step by step, small upstart new manufacturers ( with arguably much lower manufacturing skills than Blacks) were set up, but they had a hands-on feel that what they personally needed for their activities was what other like-minded outdoors folk also wanted. The ITISA tent in use. Karakoram down bag. However sewing machines did not diffuse widely in industry until the late 1880s when the use of electric lighting increased the feasibility of sewing in factory conditions. On this forum discussion (from 2007) are pasted pages from Blacks catalogues of old, also interesting that Ebay sells old Blacks ‘Guinea’ tents very well – over £100!!! [Tent Reviews]. As this story unfolds you will see how the two eventually came together in 1965. It had a gate instead of a door. He used it extensively for both summer and winter backpacking.

I hadn't used it for over 30years, but it had been properly stored and aired, just that no one wanted either the bag or the pack! Camtors’ first and most enduring innovation was the Itisa tent, developed in 1919. I still have one or more of each of the stoves listed, that advert has made me feel old:vio: nice one though. outer bag is a bit grubby from years of storage. For additional information, see the Global Shipping Programme, This amount includes applicable customs duties, taxes, brokerage and other fees. Thomas Black founded a sailmaking and chandlery business in Greenock in Scotland in 1863  and this craft firm made hand-sewn sails for the neighbouring port of Glasgow. They sold these alongside a growing range of other branded gear and a slot in a Blacks catalogue, even in this period, was important to some key manufacturers. Legend has it the ITISA got its name when someone asked a Club member what it was and the reply “It is a tent” stuck. Excellent bags! Mountain Warehouse with its high tech fascia, but low end/first price point own brand merchandise. A cyclist turned up with a unique single pole tent. So whilst the journey continues, here is the story of the first 160 year odyssey for Blacks. In 1933, almost certainly after supplying tents for the Icelandic millennium celebration alerted them to the eider colonies of eastern Iceland and to the delights of ‘live eiderdown’, they began manufacturing a range of down sleeping bags. These kits both undercut Camtors though they had the undoubted edge on weight. ( We await more exact info on this from the Moodie family).

THE FINANCIAL ORIENTATION PHASE AND THE LOSS OF THE PRODUCT PASSION PHASE. Sleeping bags designed for mountaineers needed to be quite different from those for car bound customers, so new innovative products emerged in this and all areas. 1/4 of pkg lot filled. I have had one of these for at least 40 years and it's been to the Alps Pyrenees and Rockies among others. We have also published a timeline, showing a gear innovation timeline alongside company history dates and of course mountaineering achievements. By doing so we have achieved a high position in the esteem of those who cannot afford to be other than good judges of equipment.’. Andrew Mitchell Group, AMG, which became known as VANGO in 1967 was also sucked into the Blacks Group for a period with Gary Moodie serving as MD of the whole group for a period. Perhaps these are just too old for anyone else to still have one or even to have heard of them. I have one of these bags, that used to be my father's.

I forget the exact cost but think it was about £15. When the Good Companions catalogue was cancelled in 1965, its circulation was 200,000 pieces p.a.’  Mike Parsons. [Virtual Brochure]  Ranald Brown took over the management of this operation in the 70’s to be followed by John McDonald in the 80’s through into the 90’s. His first trip was as a teenager using his father’s 1930 Itisa tent on a walking holiday in Snowdonia. Had one throughout my early years and my teens, sadly I got rid when synthetic bags appeared. But 50 years ago I didn't carry GPS, mobile 'phone and assorted batteries. A new factory was subsequently built in Acton in 1931, so Grays Inn Road closed and in many ways this marked the peak of Camtors’ activities.This company was taken over by Blacks in the early 1960s but its products rapidly faded away. [Reception]  If you can't get access to a copy of the mag, I can scan you a copy if you let me have your email address. Customers were not stigmatised with any sense that one piece of kit was the poor relation but ‘individual likes and dislikes vary so widely that we can do no more than merely suggest suitable outfits for the lone camper’. One of their principal shareholders nudged them into getting taken over and this resulted in Classic kit from the days when Blacks were THE outfitter of choice, how are the mighty fallen ! (For comparison £1 in 1930 is equivalent to £51 n 2010.). the tent entrance flaps have r. TENT, VINTAGE, 2 PERSON. Rented x4 fat tire e-assist bikes-brand new … [Contact Us]  You were very fortunate to meet him. As the camping craze gathered pace during the 1920s, they began to expand and opened showrooms in Glasgow and larger manufacturing facilities at Greenock. The public were still in love with the motor car, bicycles were ‘non u’ and so the bike market had collapsed. Name of Bag           Rolled dimensions Weight                     Price, Source: ITISA has been reinventing businesses in Southern African and abroad since the mid 1980’s, working in large and small organisations, major parastatals, unions, non-governmental initiatives and civic society. In addition Blacks were prepared, by 1937, to offer easy terms (aka hire purchase) which were consistently rejected by Camtors. Les abris et tentes de camping Trigano sont conçus avec l'expérience de campeurs et randonneurs passionnés. Grand choix de Tentes de camping petite et grande capacités sur Triganostore - Livraison gratuite Paiement en 3 ou 4X sans frais The story of the ongoing transactions is now best told by looking at the following website links. The combination of modern factory technology, a growing market accessed through clever marketing, and declining raw material costs ( especially for textiles) during the Great Depression, enabled Blacks to manufacture own brand outdoor gear – primarily tents, rucksacks and sleeping bags. Blacks strategy for building a broad customer base was quite subtle for there was a variety of kit to meet differing depth of pocket. An overseas operation was set up in North America, Ottawa Canada in 1958 with added warehousing in 1962.

On Friday 6th January 2012,  Blacks Leisure Group plc went into receivership and the viable assets ( several brands, amongst which Blacks, Peter Storm, Eurohike are the key ones) were purchased by JD Sports (confirmed 9th Jan on Monday afternoon) JDS is a plc of almost £800m sales who are 57% owned by Pentland ( a private company) who is also the owner of Berghaus.

[Features / Advice]  After it was built, what did the people say about it? Mountain Equipment with Pete Hutchinson, Karrimor with Mike Parsons, Saunders Tents with Bob Saunders, Ultimate Equipment with Bill Wilkins and the slightly later the climbing hardware guys, Troll, Wild Country, DMM et al. But I still have my first tent that my Dad bought me when I was 10 - and I'm 70 this year. Sorry I can't help with your query, but I just had to say "Hi & welcome to the forum". there are pictures to follow here from us. [Virtual Brochure]  Alongside Bergans rucksacks or the high priced Grenfell jackets, there were cheaper alternatives but without any suggestion that one was inferior to the other. Hi I have just got hold of 3 Blacks Good Companion Tents, marked Itisa Senior. I am 73", but weigh in at 260lbs. This phase was indeed an incredibly modern business model, a modern manufacturing facility in Scotland, making own brand, with a very well distributed catalogue supported by own retail stores which offered good service and indeed even offered hire purchase facilities.

If the ground was uneven at the pole you had to dig a hole for the pole bottom if there was a bump and put something under the pole if there was a dint in the ground. New magazines sprang up with activist editors and one of those, Peter Lumley, persuaded his publisher to come up with start-up sponsorship money to start the Backpackers Club: ‘backpackers’ being a word which was startlingly new, even revolutionary, at the time.1967, 1967 Catalogue showing Karrimor Whillans Alpiniste, Catalogue showing Karrimor Whillans AlpinisteThe nation started to follow the USA in losing its love for the motor car (which became a means of transport, not merely a class symbol ) and self propelled activities started to emerge. [Event Diary]  This amount is subject to change until you make payment.

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