This year marks the two-hundredth anniversary of Charles Macintosh’s discovery of a waterproof material made from a piece of rubber sandwiched between two pieces of cloth which was to become the standard for rainwear. But was he the first to discover it? The story of a standard piece of British clothing is told in my latest article to feature on Country Life magazine’s social media platform.
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Martin Fone 