On 9 Jun 2020 at 20:35, via_tml?= =?us-ascii?q?_list wrote:

> Leonard wrote:
>
> >As to rubbers, for some of us older folks they were a sort of
> >waterproof thing that went over your shoes (and didn't extend up to
> >your ankles, as opposed to overshoes which were a sort of boot).
>
> surely that's a galosh!?

Nope late 50s/early 60s usage in Spokane, Washington. We all refered
to them as rubbers, though it was usually "my rubbers", "your
rubbers" and the like.
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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
shadow at shadowgard dot com