The Mackintosh Society Magazine No. 46
This issue comes to you after a memorable evening at the Britannia Hotel in November 2009. Despite lower than hoped attendance from our nearly 200 members, we enjoyed a superb fashion show, an AGM, excellent food and wine, and wonderful company. Sarah joined the committee and did a marvellous job organising the whole event — a real star and a great addition to the team.
Highlights include the usual high-quality contributions: Russell’s Down Memory Lane (No. 13), a sensual short story A White Christmas by member 311, an erotic Conversation Piece, Remembrance of Things Past (Idle thoughts of a very idle fellow), and a fascinating historical-occult piece The Beautiful Beatitudes of Beatrix linking the origins of mackintosh rubber worship to the 1851 Great Exhibition.
Download the full PDF to read the complete letters and stories from the original magazine.
Please note that these are home scans, so the quality can vary — some pages are clear, others are softer or slightly blurry. I’ll be improving the scanning over time.This issue continues the mix of nostalgia, reader letters and glossy rubber mackintosh imagery that has made the Weather Vain series so popular. We hope you enjoy it.If you have photos, stories, letters or cuttings you’d like to share, the Editor would love to hear from you — contributions from readers around the world are always very welcome.
Contents – Issue 46
- Editorial
- Study in Black
- ‘Down Memory Lane’ by ‘Russell’
- Conversation Piece
- Idle thoughts of a very Idle Fellow
- Britannia Fashion Show – November 2009
- Family Album – 46A
- The Beautiful Beatitudes of Beatrix
- White Christmas – short story
- Department Notes
- Woman in White
- Lady Latex Mack
- Mail Advertising
Photo / Image Descriptions in Issue 46:
- Front Cover: Woman wearing a light-coloured hooded cape outdoors (Cape by George West)
- Inside Front Cover: Black and white photo captioned “Hot pursuit!” showing a woman in a striped hooded mackintosh being pursued by a man in a garden setting
- Study in Black: Full-page colour photo of a woman in a shiny dark plaid hooded mackintosh standing outdoors among foliage
- Woman in White: Full-page colour photo of a woman in a white trench-style mackintosh standing outdoors in a wooded area, holding a tree
- Fashion Show 2009 (46A – 46F): Six pages of photographs (numbered 1–21) showing models Lucy, Debbie and Sarah wearing a wide range of mackintoshes from Rainmac, Hamilton Classics and Weather Vain. Includes PVC coats, rubber-lined trench coats, satin trench coats, capes, shorties and SBR styles in various colours and patterns
- Family Album – 46A: Member photos from the Britannia Hotel event showing members wearing their own mackintoshes, together with models wearing members’ personal macks (some colour photos planned for a future issue)
- Rear Cover: Sarah wearing a black rubberised polyester mackintosh (style Christie)
- Inside Rear Cover: Cordings single-texture mackintosh in khaki
- Additional images: Small photograph in the Conversation Piece article showing two people in rubber capes/macks; various smaller photos and illustrations throughout the magazine including in the short story and editorial pages