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  1. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I'm not sure about it, mainly because the photography is not great. The black version (dubbed 'special ops', I think) looks nice and I might well consider it. The green '1945' WP is disadvantaged from the start by OKW's bizarre mounting of it on a female tailor's dummy. The shape of the torso...
  2. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    There was a trend towards non-ribbed sweaters for a time in the late 90s and early Noughties, especially, and they still appear but fortunately men who serve in all three Armed Forces continue to wear the traditional ribbed Woolly Pully. Overall there has been a decline in the quality of the...
  3. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I've been inclined towards the Crew Neck Navy WP as well in this (early) WP season! I'm often complimented on it as well.
  4. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I've never had a non-ribbed version of the WP.
  5. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I love wearing my RAF crew neck: I'm not sure if I still have the v-neck RAF although I certainly have owned a few of them in my time.
  7. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I'm not sure that I know that store as I am such a loyal supporter of Outdoor Knitwear (with occasional forays into Silverman's and the store near Waterloo Station run by two extremely nice Jewish men that used to be called Victoria Army Surplus).
  8. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    I have heard about that. It makes the ‘yearbook’ even more bizarrely interesting.
  9. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I enjoy wearing my RAF WP and it will get a lot of wear this Autumn.
  10. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    I had thought ‘barf’ in US English meant to ‘throw up’.
  11. Ticklishchap

    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    I have just come across this and read it with interest. At school we talked about Rugger and Footer (I played the former) and we used those terms at my (very traditional) university as well. At school sport was referred to as Eccer (short for exercise).
  13. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    ... And now from the US, circa 1982, we have the verb ‘to boof’!
  14. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I was wondering the same thing as I’ve heard nothing. They said September but I suspect it’ll be next month now. Maybe I’ll ask them. As far as WPs are concerned I have been in a Maritime mood over the past few weeks, donning a Navy WP as soon as the weather was cool enough. But this evening...
  15. Ticklishchap

    Any Do's & Don'ts in military clothing?

    Silverman's is still going at Mile End and there is a great little (but very well-stocked) Army Surplus shop at The Cut, near Waterloo: waterlooarmysurplus-camping.com It’s run by two exceptionally nice brothers, Howard and Mark, and I’ve used it for decades - for many years it was in Wilton...
  16. Ticklishchap

    Any Do's & Don'ts in military clothing?

    Thank you for sharing that.
  17. Ticklishchap

    Any Do's & Don'ts in military clothing?

    With great respect, you don’t seem at all naive now! And certainly not lost for words. In fact, having corresponded with you on several threads I don’t think there’s much I can’t talk with you about - and you have a great sense of humor too.
  19. Ticklishchap

    Any Do's & Don'ts in military clothing?

    As a younger man I very much look up to you for your service record. Vietnam was one of the great tragedies of the C20 for everyone involved. I remember it better than most Brits because I lived in Melbourne for several years when I was very young and Australia was in the war whereas Britain...
  20. Ticklishchap

    Any Do's & Don'ts in military clothing?

    May I ask you where you did your tour of duty?
  21. Ticklishchap

    Any Do's & Don'ts in military clothing?

    That’s one of the things about being young: it’s sometimes hard to find the right words. It’s easy for us in the US and UK to forget how dramatic events were in China - and how devastating - prior to and during World War II, with repercussions that continue today.
  22. Ticklishchap

    Any Do's & Don'ts in military clothing?

    Did you reply to him or were you too embarrassed?!
  23. Ticklishchap

    Any Do's & Don'ts in military clothing?

    There have been occasions as a young man when I have been entitled to wear military gear with badges and markings. In the Corps at my boys’ boarding school, I therefore often wore an Army Woolly Pully (WP) with the school crest sewn on the arm during the holidays or in my free time at school...

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