scarves and durham

Hi everybody
just out of pure curiosity, do durham colleges have traditional colours and scarves as oxbridge colleges do?
And if yes,what are they?

p.s.: sorry if there has been already a thread like this,I tried to find one but I was unsuccessful (which doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't one somewhere...) :redface:

Reply 1

john-boro

1

true story, on my way to Durham for an open day I lost my scarf.

edit: On the train.

Reply 2

arkbar

12

All Durham college have colours (which their sports teams play in). However, we're not yet rahtastic enough to all wear scarves, daaahling.

Reply 3

Fields

13

I believe the Castle ones are cardinal with white stripes. There's a shop in town somewhere that sells them, I have no idea where though as I am not a rah.

Reply 4

Mattmoy_2000

9

Yes, you can get scarves in college colours, although only pretentious pseudo-rahs wear them, which is a shame really, cos it'd be nice to be able to wear college colours without people thinking you're a ******

Reply 5

Mattmoy_2000

9

The shop is Gray's robemakers on Neville Street (round the corner from Studio).

Reply 6

cobra

14

As said all colleges have colours, I've been familarised with some of them by watching rowing.

Aidans - Green white and maroon/red
Collingwood - red white and black
Hild Bede - pale blue and royal blue
Hatfield - blue with tiger sometimes
Castle - cardinal (maroon)
Cuths - dark green
Chads - correct me if I'm wrong but seems to be dark green too
johns - no idea

Reply 7

Jucus

OP

5

oh I see....well I didn't think that it would be a "rah" things to wear scarves....
(I guess it's something to do with snobbery though being a poor Hungarian girl still struggeling with certain English expressions, I might be wrong... :redface:

)
anyway thanks for replying :smile:

Reply 8

Itchynscratchy

10

to add to cobra's list:

Mildert - Black and yellow

Reply 9

TKR

15

trevs = light blue and black

Reply 10

_bec_

Does this mean if you wear any type of College stash you're automatically labelled a rah?

Reply 11

Rach:)

1

Cuths is green and yellow

Reply 12

Rach:)

1

_bec_

Does this mean if you wear any type of College stash you're automatically labelled a rah?

Noooooooo, almost everyone wears it.
There just seems to be this 'rah' stereotype attached to scarves..

Reply 13

_bec_

Rach:)

Noooooooo, almost everyone wears it.
There just seems to be this 'rah' stereotype attached to scarves..

Ohhh good. I'm very much looking forward to prancing around in my Cuths Hoody!

Reply 14

Rach:)

1

_bec_

Ohhh good. I'm very much looking forward to prancing around in my Cuths Hoody!

I already do :proud:

You can join me in my prancing!

Reply 15

Sebby

cobra

As said all colleges have colours, I've been familarised with some of them by watching rowing.

Aidans - Green white and maroon/red
Collingwood - red white and black
Hild Bede - pale blue and royal blue
Hatfield - blue with tiger sometimes
Castle - cardinal (maroon)
Cuths - dark green
Chads - correct me if I'm wrong but seems to be dark green too
johns - no idea

Hatfield's colours are Blue and Yellow, with a LION as a mascot. The Hatfield Boatclub's colours are Oxford Blue and White.

Reply 16

arkbar

12

Who says Hatfield are wannabe Oxbridgians.

what about grey?

Castle is cardinal and white, and I believe Mary's and John's also have cardinal (or similar).
Wearing scarves isn't rah, it's sensible in the cold weather, it's wearing college scarves that's pseudo-rah. Rahs wear pashminas (i.e. ridiculous scarves) anyway.