The Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection
1112.2014.1
Slioch salopettes
04/02/2014
Hermione Cooper
04/02/2014
Pair of blue Slioch goretex salopettes with front zip and four zipped pockets.
gore-tex, nylon, plastic
128(l) x 55(w) cms
1 pair
"SLIOCH" on front label. "SLIOCH OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT MADE IN SCOTLAND GORE-TEX FABRICS S" on inside labels
blue
Slioch
Scotland
A lady called Mary Buchanan set up Slioch back in 1982. Based at Poolewe in the North West Highlands it was a small, bespoke business that specialised in tailor-made clothing for the outdoor person. Several Scottish mountain rescue teams had waterproofs made by Slioch and the salopettes we have here in the collection once belonged to John Fraser of the Ochils Mountain Rescue Team.
Mary sold the business to a couple called Tes and Catherine Urquart-Taylor, we think in the late 1990's. They traded fairly successfully for a decade or so, but finally ran out of luck and business around 2006. The mountain which gave the company its name remains, tall and proud, beside Loch Maree, but sadly Slioch, the gear manufacturer is no more.
Donated by John Fraser
04/02/2014
04/02/2014
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007
04/02/2014