{"id":8478,"date":"2019-08-29T13:32:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T12:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outdoorandcountry.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8478"},"modified":"2019-09-03T16:34:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T15:34:35","slug":"barbour-celebrates-125-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorandcountry.co.uk\/blog\/barbour-celebrates-125-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbour Celebrates 125 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2019 sees Barbour celebrate their 125th<\/sup> anniversary, a significant milestone in the company\u2019s history. In commemoration of this, we\u2019re taking a look back in time to see how it all began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First generation of Barbour<\/strong>
Founded by Scottish born John Barbour in 1894, the first store was opened in South Shields, a rapidly growing port on the River Tyne in the North east of England. Initially selling oilskins and other garments to protect from the worst of the North Sea weather, this soon extended to farmers, labourers and shepherds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second generation of Barbour
\n<\/strong>It was Malcolm Barbour, John\nBarbour’s son, who introduced the first Barbour catalogue in 1908 and from this\nthere were two major developments. Firstly, it was within this catalogue that\nthe Beacon, now so famously synonymous with Barbour, was introduced and it’s\neasy to understand why when it stood so proudly at the mouth of the Tyne guiding\nvessels in and out of the port. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly,\nit was this 12 page catalogue that allowed Malcolm Barbour to expand the\nbusiness worldwide with orders coming in from as far as Chile, Hong Kong, New\nZealand and the Falkland Islands.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third generation of Barbour
\n<\/strong>The Barbour International suit – such\nan iconic and loved style – was introduced by Duncan Barbour, Malcolm Barbour\u2019s\nson. A keen motorcyclist himself, Duncan developed the motorcycle suit for the\n1936 International six day trials event. From this Barbour International became\na market leader in motorcycle clothing from the late 1930s to the 1970s. In\n1964 Steve McQueen himself wore a Barbour International suit as a member of the\nUS team at the 1964 ISDT in East Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nUrsula suit, which was standard issue for all submariners for the duration of\nthe Second World War, was developed by Barbour and was based on the\nInternational suit. Captain Phillips, the commander of HM Ursula requested\nBarbour to create a prototype jacket and trousers from the one piece\nInternational that had impressed him so much. \nHis navigating officer Lieutenant Lakin, a keen motorcyclist had worn\nhis Barbour International suit and demonstrated its weather resistance\nqualities when he remained dry despite Captain Philips turning a fire hose on\nhim!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth generation of Barbour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John\nBarbour joined the business in 1964 and was responsible for designing the\niconic Durham jacket and re-introducing the company to Countrywear. Upon his\nuntimely death, John\u2019s wife, Margaret Barbour stepped in and continued the\nfamily business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking\ninspiration from styles on the continent, Dame Margret Barbour who was knighted\nin 2001, made Barbour a household name with the introduction of the classic Bedale,\nBeaufort and Border Wax jackets in 1980. And she didn’t stop there receiving\nthree Royal Warrants, 1974 from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, 1982 from HM The\nQueen and in 1987, HRH The Prince of Wales.  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fifth\ngeneration of Barbour<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen Barbour, daughter of Dame\nMargaret Barbour and John Barbour, is now working alongside her mother, as\nVice-Chairman. Together, with tartan specialists Kinloch Anderson they\nintroduced the Barbour Classic tartan in 1998 and the Dress Tartan in 2002.\nAnderson discovered that the Barbour family originated\nfrom the Ayrshire district in Scotland and it was decided that the tartan\n‘sett’ for the exclusive tartans should be based on the Ayrshire District\ntartan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today Barbour have a customer base all around the world. They are an award winning lifestyle brand worn by Royalty and a broad range of celebrities including The Duchess of Cambridge, The Duchess of Sussex, Daniel Craig and David Beckham. They are also the go to brand for festival goers being worn by the likes of Alexa Chung and Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shop the Barbour 125 Collection for yourself<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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