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com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US.Miners’ donkey jackets often had orange shoulder pads with the letters NCB on the back, standing for National Coal Board, and with reflective strips on the arms and shoulders.

Throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s the jacket underwent more changes, as cheaper polyester wool mixed fibres were used for the body, the yokes were by now also available in a variety of bright colours as safety advice or for company branding. I saw one photograph of a skinhead in a donkey jacket in 1969, and no documentary footage, and that was that. This produced laughter from the whole group while they burst into the closing tune of “ Auf wiedersehen Pet” in unison loud as fuck in the middle of the street. The full-leather-back ones were sometimes worn by workers like binmen or market porters, because wet smelly dribbles down your back are just disgusting.

Our collection includes a range of durable and practical clothing items which are designed to withstand the rigors of a work environment. They've also got these silly little flaps with buttons over the pockets which were never on mine 35+ years ago, so I got a sharp pointy scissors and carefully cut the stitching and removed them. Some mention that it's a good fit and warm work jacket, while others say that the sizing is poor and the jacket is only waist length. They mention that the button attachment was very poor, and some of the buttons detached on the first day of wearing. Among modern donkey jackets, this one is probably the most faithful to the classic models of the past 50 to 60 years.

The humble donkey jacket: one of the mainstays of the British coal miner, binman, and other manual workers and lefties of years past – and (some) skinheads of course.

Donkey jackets were then worn by navies, and later by binmen and other manual workers – most famously miners. Some of the navvies worked on donkey engines (a steam-powered winch or logging engine), providing the inspiration for the name of George Key's new coat: the donkey jacket. Lined jackets with no shoulder pads and tartan linings were usually the mark of a foreman or other non-working supervisor.

They were suitable for the cold weather the miners had to endure while defending their jobs against Thatcher’s government. Fortunately I've been on a diet for several weeks or it would have been tight around the waist area and not look very good at all. Quintessentially British and remarkably dependable, the Donkey Jacket is the ultimate winter staple for the classic working man. Donkey Jackets were also said to be worn outside of London around 1970, by Aston Villa and Leicester fans for example. It features a ticket pocket for some bizarre reason, has wool cloth shoulders, and suffers from the same problem as the Lambretta: joined/overlapping shoulders.In 1929, the Oxford English Dictionary used the term to describe the Donkey Jacket as “One with leather shoulders and back,” -this became the standard right through to the 1950’s. I remember, donkey jackets were popular among both punks and skins in New Zealand cities from the mid seventies onwards at least. Many cut the NCB orange shoulder patch off which left a thin orange strip where it was sewn into the seams. In addition, visible brand logos are a big no-no for me; these are meant to be cheap, practical coats, not fashion items.