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The left anorak was my mother-in-law's for some 14 years. She had worn it daily for about 4 winterseasons, washing it every year and when it was replaced it was folded up and awaiting its fate for a number of years. She then used it a couple of years as a rainjacket when walking the dog and I have actually seen her in it a couple of times. One evening I needed a jacket myself when going home after visiting my girl-friend as I had come to her without wearing a jacket. My girl-friend intended to loanher mum's anorak to me but it had disappeared. On asking her mum said she had put it in the bin that afternoon. It was taken out and given to me just to protect me when biking home after which I should bin it when coming home. I didn't and it is still in my collection.
The blue one was given to my girl-friend by an aunt of hers. At the time it was far to alrge for her so it was kept folded for possible future use and eventially forgotten. In the days before our marriage it was discovered when packing my future wife's possessions. She wanted to throw it away but I persuaded her to try it on. It was decided to keep it and the next winterseason she did actually wear it many times. It then landed on a pile of old clothing which I should put i a sack for disposal.
However I still have it, hence this picture of two old anoraks, both about 45 years old by now.

When I first met my wife her mother had a nylon anorak hanging in the cupboard under the stairs. It definitely had seen better days and I saw the woman wearing it only once or twice when walking the dog. During the following spring I went on my bike to my girl-friend without coat. When I wanted to go home it had started raining. My girl-friend offered the old anorak to me but could not find it anymore. On asking her mother the reply came that it had been put in the dustbin that afternoon...
I decided that we could have a look.
The anorak was still there albeit with some leftovers of that evening's dinner thrown over it.
It was taken out and we both cleaned the nylon. After that I tried it on and it fitted me quite well.
As I went into the living-room to say my my girl-friend's mum good-bye she was a bit surprised to see me wearing her old anorak telling me that when getting home I could put it in the bin straightaway. I asked her when she had got it new. After a bit of thinking she said that it was around 1968, had worn it for about four winters when she had bought a new one. It had been laying folded away for a number of years until it was rediscovered and seen use as a sort of rainjacket when walking the dogs.