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  1. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Congratulations. Both are excellent choices. I wear a Navy Welbeck when I want a change from a WP with patches (also have a black one) and I have the Peat Brown Rothley with the patches in suede.
  2. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    A momentary variation on a theme: what about words or expressions that go out of fashion and then suddenly, inexplicably, come back? In the 70s, I remember that people were always 'popping in', but that phrase gradually disappeared, perhaps because it conjured up visions of Amyl Nitrate...
  3. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    From the days of the 'British Raj' (the colonial era in India): a person who was a bit flaky (the equivalent of an anti-Vaxxer or a Brexiteer today) might be defined as 'not quite sixteen Annas to the Rupee'. This was based on the currency of the day.
  4. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I am wearing a Dark Grey Mix WP, although it will come off as the day warms up. I also have the Maroon: that was the word I was looking for yesterday when I wrote Dark Red! I suppose that must be the Plum that was mentioned by JustinW. Do you have the Purple Mix and what do you think of it?
  5. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Good. That’s what I found - I have just checked mine. Can’t wait to wear it again!
  7. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I love your last comment!
  8. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I shall look at the patches on mine as I hadn’t noticed that they were unusually dark. It is, as you say, a unique and really special colour for a WP and I greatly enjoy wearing it.
  9. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    On the OK site, they have sizes S and XS.
  10. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I’m a little unclear about the ‘plum’. That could be the Purple Mix or the dark red. I have both of these. I don’t wear the Purple Mix all that often and I can’t make up my mind about how well it works! I also like the Peat Brown and have two of those! The WP I wear most often these days is...
  11. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    The Dark Grey Mix is a good colour and one I often wear. Highly recommended - really a bit more of a ‘steel grey’ colour than its name suggests.
  13. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Was that how you bought your Sub sweater? Mine, also made by OK/TW Kempton, was bought many years ago in Silverman's Army Surplus, East London.
  14. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    ... And I am wearing a Black WP (as used Royal Tank Regiment) at the moment. I won’t be wearing it much longer as it’s going to be warmer later this morning.
  15. Ticklishchap

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    The term ‘Bohemian’ applied to artistic or literary types.
  16. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    That does sound exactly like the school I went to. There was a strong emphasis on sport, especially Rugby which was always referred to as Rugger. The Aus. jumper I had (as part of my collection!) was, as you say, dark tan rather than olive green like the standard Woolly Pully. It wore out (or I...
  17. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    The country where I was born and lived six years! ... You obviously went to a school on the British model. The Australian Army called the Woolly Pully a ‘Howard Green’ I think. Years ago I had an Aus. WP with camo patches. Corps at school was always on Wednesday afternoons with occasional...
  19. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Very good photo and very nice Woolly Pully. May I ask if this was in the US or UK?
  20. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    My first was when I was 11 and it was 100% wool. I joined the school cadet corps three years later and wore one with the school crest! In my spare time I wore my own and I also had the Navy and RAF versions. I have continued to wear them since. I enjoyed the cadet corps at school and its...
  21. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    It will go well with them! I’m something of an aficionado as I have been wearing them since I was a schoolboy in the 1970s.
  22. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    As I have mentioned before, they are extremely addictive! Will this be your first Army jumper? Welcome to the club anyway.
  23. Ticklishchap

    Autumnal Thoughts........

    I'll have to visit one or all of these three states in February. By the way, I've never really understood why Indiana folk are called Hoosiers.

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