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Why Are Deckchairs Stripey?

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plowter | 20:40 Sun 05th Oct 2014 | Home & Garden
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Why are deckchairs stripey?

Not sure if that's a real word.
Why are British deckchairs made of striped material?
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BlackadderV
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They are not all stripey. In the days when you could hire deckchairs on our local beaches at 6d a pop, they were a dull municipal green.
21:09 Sun 05th Oct 2014
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Because it's cheerful and gay. Not all are:
http://www.lushlee.com/images/photography/09/8/colorful-deck-chairs.jpg
20:58 Sun 05th Oct 2014
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I think the above example may be foreign. So:
http://www.channelhotel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Deck_Chairs_046.jpg
20:59 Sun 05th Oct 2014
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Seems it is traditional but no particular reason
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deckchair
21:06 Sun 05th Oct 2014
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They are not all stripey. In the days when you could hire deckchairs on our local beaches at 6d a pop, they were a dull municipal green.
21:09 Sun 05th Oct 2014
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What pattern would you prefer ?
08:28 Mon 06th Oct 2014
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Its so that you could wear your 'Beachboys' style shirts, with those vertical stripes and just blend in, down at the beach.
09:27 Mon 06th Oct 2014
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You could also hire windbreaks so you could change into your cossie in relative modesty.
09:29 Mon 06th Oct 2014

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