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ANZAC Day - 25th April
A date to remember It's also worth noting that the 25th April was the morning the Anzacs retook the village of Villers-Bretonneux and blunted a major German offensive in 1918, we should celebrate that victory a bit more I think, especially since it's 90 years ago today. I made it to the local... -
thorny question
ouch 70's!!! I'm hurt Baron, I thought the pocket detail put it a lot earlier, now I've got to swap Basil Rathbone for Roger Moore in my mindscape...dear o dear. still a nice coat tho :)- dr greg
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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thorny question
Just picked up this THORNPROOF jacket made in Northern Ireland, a couple of moth dings but in pretty good shape for $4 I thought, the pockets are interesting though, anybody reckon they can date it from the shape thereof?- dr greg
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1939 HitchHikeDepot
thumbs up As someone who hitched tens of thousands of miles in my early years, I love that, but seriously, anybody who has ever stood by the side of a road for a couple of days in one spot while girls stroll up, put out the thumb and get the next car along would wonder about why such a sign was...- dr greg
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The Chinatown Hat
nice work very pretty, and what a great source, I just bought a copy and watched it...hadn't seen it in 30 years at least, and it was as good as I remembered. -
Cooper Milspec A2 (AAF wannabe)
juju That's interesting, at least it had no bullet holes!, I have one of those Cooper's I picked up for $10 in an op-shop, and put it on the bay, no bites at all, so I thought they must be of no interest round these parts.- dr greg
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- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Snake Plissken Wears Vintage
the distressed model http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/cast/character/ruthie.shtml- dr greg
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Name this flying boat
caught short My father's first job was in the Short factory, working on Sunderlands, or more accurately running errands and cleaning up around those who actually built the things. -
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A2 nutter alert
local version? Dunno about an Australian issue, our chaps seemed to go with the old blue battledress, although maybe in the Nth African campaign they used khaki. I'll look for another colour pic.- dr greg
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A2 nutter alert
Look what I found in one of my old WW2 RAAF books, a buddy-buddy shot of a Yank pilot and a wedgetailed eagle, nice enough detail for all you A2 boyos?- dr greg
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Questions about oilcloth/oilskin duster
hot work Isn't the climate going to kill you in one of those things in Indonesia? I know there's mountains and stuff where it's cooler, but what about the humidity? They're pretty much designed for horsemen to wear in the rain in cool climates, even here I sweat in one in winter. Contact...- dr greg
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WWII Eccentric Heroes
tall order That's amazing Smithy, but seriously, it's that long ago, and I only sat opposite the guy for a few hours, so I really couldn't remember enough to identify him, although seeing as it was on a train from Kyogle to Brisbane, and Bardon is in Brisbane.....odds are on I would say. One... -
songs that make you shiver/cry
Keening Sinead O'Connor's take on Skibbereen, but anything with them bloody pipes in it will do the trick, as well as all that Balkan wailing...Trio Bulgarka etc.- dr greg
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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WWII Eccentric Heroes
Not that I recall Actually as I wrack the remnants of my brain, I think he might have been Australian, but a very posh old school type thereof. -
WWII Eccentric Heroes
??? You know what, it's possible, can't say for sure: you'd have to ask him if he ever took a train fron Sydney to Brisbane. -
WWII Eccentric Heroes
The Few I once shared a train compartment with one of "the few", still had the upturned mo and scarf with his tweed suit, nice chap, very humble about it all as it only came up in general conversation about what he was doing in Australia, I can't remember the name unfortunately as this was 30... -
DOBBS PANAMA!
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John Rabe - The Good German of Nanking
Bob Menzies the bad Aussie One country that saw fit to deal with Imperial Japan during the Sino-Japanese war was Australia, we were selling them scrap -iron which waterside workers quite rightly deduced would return soon enough via the cannon's mouth, so unions banned loading of the...
