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Tulloch Mountaincraft Fleece Jacket

Accession Number

1195.2014.1

Object Name

Tulloch Mountaincraft Fleece Jacket

Created

19/12/2014

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

19/12/2014

Brief Description

Red fleece TMC jacket with front zip and 2 side zipped pockets. Drawstring waist.

Materials

cotton

Dimensions

75(l) x 70(w) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

Inside labels read "MADE TO GRAHAM TISO SPECIFICATION" and "TMC PRODUCTS"

Colour

red

Maker

Tulloch Mountain Craft

Object Production Place

Tulloch, Scotland

Provenance

Tulloch is little more than a few cottages clustered round the small railway station on the wonderfully scenic West Highland Railway in the Scottish Highlands. It was there, around 1970/71, that Dave Challis set up a small business to manufacture clothing and tents for the outdoors and to run outdoor education courses in conjunction with it. He called his business Tulloch Mountain Craft (TMC)
The company produced some fine gear, though little of it has survived through to 2014 when we are writing this entry. We have a few items in our collection and this rather threadbare fleece is one. We are told that TMC made a lot of these fleeces for use on the new, at the time, Scottish Industry - oil. Good clothing was needed for folk working on rigs out in the North Sea and TMC apparently provided it.
Mick Tighe acquired this fleece somewhere along the way and wore it, almost to destruction, before thinking it might be a wee bit of history worth keeping.
As with so many of these small enterprises, TMC floundered around 1980 and Dave Challis moved to the Lake District to start a new business called Mountain Method which his daughter, Fiona, still runs.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

19/12/2014

Condition

Poor

Condition Check Date

19/12/2014

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

19/12/2014

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