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[Peter Laidler]

On the other hand, I saw a group of WW1 reenacters on TV at the funeral of a found WW1 body in France. If you're dressing up in uniform then someone should have told them to smarten up a bit, blanco the webbing, clean the brasses, polish the boots - properly and iron their SD trousers and jackets. And if you're going to slope, order and present arms, an hour's practice beforehand might have been a good idea. Mind you, so might an hour's drill rehearsal too......... They just looked shoddy. Maybe this particular group who meant well and deserved to succeed should have had an ex-CSM to lead them

Incidentally, and you're not going to believe this, but that 1st war serge Service Dress, all dated from the 30's was the uniform we wore as apprentices at Carlisle (and also at the other apprentices schools at Armorfield, Chepstow and Harrogate). It was only phased out in 1965 when stocks ran out. Then battledress became the norm. That's todays grizzle out of the way........