How old is your Boiler Suit or overalls?

[PeteXXX]

Mine? At the very minimum, 34 years old, probably several years more than that, as I've had it since before I got married almost 34 years ago.

 

[figbat]

I got mine when my job required me to visit the engine rooms of ships to inspect their engines. That was about 25 years ago.

 

[classic33]

Got mine in early '83. The odd burn hole from welding, but still wearable.

 

[gbb]

For car work at home I tend to use a pair of work trousers and jacket.
Decorating, I have a couple pairs of overall trousers too tatty for work.
At work, my overalls struggle to last two years, knees get taken out.
£65 for a pair of work trousers They're heavy but well designed, but blooming eck !!!!

 

[postman]

£10 off eBay last year,I hunted all over Leeds Market wanting to go local.I gave up.So I decorated four rooms.During the painting of the smallest room.I held the paint tray close to my stomach.Guess what it tipped forward while I was leaning to paint the ceiling.They look filthy now.Bad workman and all that.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I don't wear mine very often - only when decorating normally, which I do very rarely. But it's quite an interesting thing. I got it from a French agricultural suppliers about 20 years ago and it has zips that go all the way down the legs and up the body so the whole thing opens out. I've no idea why this is. Maybe if Monsieur le Fermier falls into a slurry pit then he can be efficiently zipped out of his overalls when being rescued.

 

[Sharky]

Did have one years ago, it seemed to get smaller as I got older. Now I just use old jeans and shirts, but have a fair bit of DIY on my todo list, so might invest in one again.

 

[T4tomo]

Very old, I have one that dates back to when I lived on the family farm. I moved south properly in 1990, and to uni 3 years before that, and it wasn't new then...

I don't wear mine very often - only when decorating normally, which I do very rarely. But it's quite an interesting thing. I got it from a French agricultural suppliers about 20 years ago and it has zips that go all the way down the legs and up the body so the whole thing opens out.

Are male strippers big in the french agricultural scene?

 

[Dave 123]

I live in a very well to do village and it makes me chuckle when I see the posh old blokes put their overalls on to do a slightly manual/ dirty job.

I just embrace the dirt!

 

[Venod]

I have several boiler suits from work, they used to change supplier contracts now and again so the old ones were surplus, also have a few disposable ones issued for special jobs, but good enough for decorating, so don't much use

 

[lazybloke]

It's a great thread, @PeteXXX

I had to buy a new boiler suit in August. It still looks clean and new, barely worn. It has absolutely no soul!

My previous one had a grand life under cars, in lofts, chimneys and floor voids, outside in garden/allotments, down mines & caverns, and even when laying track as a volunteer on a heritage railway.

It was spattered with paint, oil, crease, cement and concrete. It was stained by thick wet cave clay, and encrusted with car body filler, silicone sealant, tile adhesive and various blobs of glue & expoxy. It had lived!!

 

[oldwheels]

I have two. One very old for mucky use and a “ best wear” one which has not been used for years.
A local ex fisherman turned property developer and probably a millionaire wears one most days for daily use.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Mine are more work trou' and a polo shirt/fleece. The trousers usually last 6 months to a year, the polo shirt and fleece about a year to 18 months. That's well over 1000 hours of wear so I can't complain.

 

[nagden]

I have a pair of bib and brace overalls which I have worn for the last 25 years. They are really past their sell by date and desperately need replacing but after all this time I have some strange attachment.

 

[numbnuts]

Must be from the early 80s