Work trouser. Not.

[Weatherlawyer]

Liddle are selling work trousers. They are snug fitting as non work trousers. Ie if clambering up a ladder and weaving through lofts and ets, you will be exposing as much bum as ever as they stick to your sweaty legs and get pulled by your knees.

They seem OK though if you can be bothered with fly buttons. Get the size up from the one you think is indicated. Where can I get a pair of cheap hardwaring, well pocketed work trousers?

I get the impression someone found the key to a warehouse full of stuff left over from the bad old days in the east.

[Rick]

Nahh, get some budget jeans from Tesco, £3.00 can't be beaten at that price. Almost not worth washing

Rick... (The other Rick)

[Jan Larsen]

Military surplus store.

//J

[The Medway Handyman]

Makro have some on offer.

[Malcolm Race]

Try Screwfix - 11.99 a pair - vey hardwearing but legs shrink by 1 or 2 inches after a few washes and waist size is not very generous - buy bigger than you think

Malcolm

[HLAH]

"Rick" wrote

I tried them but didn't like them, I prefer Primark's, they have a bit more ballroom.

H

[Guy King]

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Unlike Marx and Engels underpants, which some years ago where decidedly Crystal Palace.

[Weatherlawyer]

I am a man, not a boy. Besides, the buttons on them tend to come open unless you close the buttonholes or replace the buttons.

[Weatherlawyer]

after a few

They sound like the same things. I wonder if mine will end up in a charity shop when I wash them.

I have Tesco jeans and again they are not working trousers and they are not warm weather kit too neither.

Decent working trousers will not cramp your movements, will take a phone, wallet, tape and even a notebook without chafing your legs.

[The Medway Handyman]

Meant to add that Matalan have cargo pants for about £8 a pair which aren't too bad.

One thing worth its weight is to have knee pad pockets to take those lightweight pads. I know you can always wear knee pads for certain jobs, but I leave mine in all the time - its surprising how often you do actually kneel down.

[Guy King]

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Do they still insist on having your name and address before flogging you anything?

[normanwisdom]

I got a pair of Dickies!

wearing and brilliant knee pads (removeable). Knee pads replaceable with bits of old Karrimat etc.

cheers Jacob

[The Medway Handyman]

They do. What a great scam, they build the most accurate customer database possible - and the customers fund it! Brilliant!

[Guy King]

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That'll be why I've never bought anything from there, then.

[Owain]

Hardly the most accurate possible - I get Matalan mailshots for the downstairs neighbours who moved away years ago.

The Matalan merchandise does appear decidedly chav.

Owain