Sunday, 16 April 2017
Flemings jeans from Liverpool
Circa 1963 before and after, these well made jeans were sold close to Tysons Building Contractors of 5 Dryden Street where I worked and just off Scotland Road , Liverpool.
They can now be bought once again!
They can now be bought once again!
A Brief History of Flemings
The first and possibly the most credible name in jeanswear to come out of Merseyside. W H Fleming founded his clothier company in the Scotland road area of Liverpool in the year 1881. Eight years after Levi Strauss won the patent for riveted pants in the USA, W H Fleming had imported the idea and began manufacturing similar work- wear for the seamen of this fair port.
http://www.flemingsjeansliverpool.com/about.html
Size 34 will cost you just GBP30.00
Postage to RSA is only GBP14 so still less than you will pay for Levi's in the UK today?
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/exhibitions/liverpoollives/william_henry_fleming.aspx
They offer a logo with the Liver Bird on the pocket or without it, also the name on the back of the jeans as we normally find.
A letter head and a note as a reference?
Dated 12 /01/1911, does 150 Scotland Road in Liverpool still exist, it was on the city end of the road and a lot of road re planning has taken place down there over the years.
A letter head and a note as a reference?
My thanks to http://www.liverpoolpicturebook.com/2014/09/Picsoftheday.html for the use of their picture.
There is a new brand logo now, is it new or a copy of the old one?
My thanks to the Liverpool Picture Book for posting the photos.
This one was taken on Walton Road in 1973.
In case your wondering, I have no asscociation with Flemings and I have never owned a pair of their jeans, maybe one day?
Roy
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