Field of Dreams.......have seen it many times and will never turn the channel when it's on. A piece of info that some may know and some may not. The story wasn't all fiction nor the characters portrayed...
I only wear full newsboys and get rid of those that are not. Unfortunately I have no use for grey or black. If it was in a brown or a brown mix, we'd be talking.
From what I can conclude, the song did it's job. Didn't see anyone that was obese where as today it's at least, according to polls, 75%. Maybe that's one of the reason they are called, the good ole days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Has anyone noticed how boot camp reality shows seems to be a big hit and the boot camp type training camps some states now have to assist with troubled kids today????? Gee.....if this country still had the draft, would it not be the same and at the same time the security of out country would not...
They were worn in WWI for sure ..............
"The wage for ammunition workers was £1 for a 48-hour week in 1916, and a 3rd class weekly return rail ticket cost 2s 2d (11p in today’s money) from Cheltenham or Stroud. Even working with such dangerous materials as gunpowder, cordite and TNT...
I wasn't planning on acquiring one. I had never heard of them being called a "munitions" vest/coat. But as Standbye posted, a munitions crew with bomb loading wagons shows, they could be called by that name. In the collectors field, they are called 'jerkins'.
The Orvis offered is why I asked. I know the brits during the WWI & WWII years had a leather vest called a 'jerkin' but I never heard one called a Munitions Vest or even a Munitions coat.
Newsboy Caps????
Love them, always have. I have seven. Is that excessive or a normal amount to have? Received another this morning. Love it.
http://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/product/belfry-charles.html
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