Was staybrite in my day too but those 3 bloody holes! Took ages with a pair of nail scissors to to make the hole in the beret which aligned with the back plate. Then trying to get them all in vertical line which was also true when the beret was shrunk! Nightmare.

One minor addition we went through a phase after the 2 prong of having a printed cap badge until you washed it and it became a screwed up wrinkled cloth cap badge [quite appropriate really] never did catch on too officer like apparently!![/quote]

I remember those horrors. Not only were you ripped off having to pay the lovely ladies of the WRVS £1.50 to stitch the bu66ers on , after about a weeks worth of work in the garages they were covered in grease & needing a wash. I seemed to be permanetly walking around with a wet beret on. I used to try a diffrent style of beret "chic" every other week . A mate in the Queens Regt also used to have one & when he was on a course once he was saluted on a regular basis. Not only by the sprogs of said depot but SNCOs aswell.

LT

Originally Posted by monkeyspanker

Maybe they're getting stuff changed for when Charlie takes over from Liz?

A bit like when the Queen Mam's Obit was released before she died.

Not for many years yet one hopes.

If anyone can be seen to have honourably fulfilled her duty, it is Her Maj.

Funny how it seems to have always been the Queens who have delivered.

Liz 1, Victoria and Liz 2. Must be something in the water over there.

Anyway, back to the badge. Why don't you lot ask Joanna Lumley to

organise an 'easyfix Jimmy', one without all the fiddly bits. It cannot be

beyond the realm of man or err..err woman to devise one. And she seems

to be a bit of a goer. Now there is a Lass for an old blokes dreams.

Originally Posted by basso

Anyway, back to the badge. Why don't you lot ask Joanna Lumley to

organise an 'easyfix Jimmy', one without all the fiddly bits. It cannot be

beyond the realm of man or err..err woman to devise one. And she seems

to be a bit of a goer. Now there is a Lass for an old blokes dreams.

Something like this perhaps? Obviously with a change of crown.




Sentiments on Joanna echoed.

Originally Posted by roadster280

Originally Posted by basso

Now in my day....blah blah blah, when they were still made of brass and you had to disassemble them each night for a good polish, it was considered a t**t of a badge. It needed 3 holes in the beret, one for the crown and two for the remainder of the badge. This was all threaded through a triangular backing plate and the whole kit and caboodle secured by a split pin. You needed a REME qualification to put the thing together.

And no, it did not have that fancy crown with the lion. Mind you, the whole Army seems to wear what the feck they like these days...so probably no problemo.
Good on you.

Ah, funny how times change. After the brass, we moved to staybright. Then from 3 to 2 prongs. One for Mercury, one for the crown. Then Mr Camnet had his way, and the globe/laurels would snap off, leaving Jimmy no longer stood on top of the world, and the SSM barking in your ear.

Back to 3 prongs by the time I left, but still Staybright. And SSM barking in your ear...

Did you ever leave :D

it is the wrong badge, we had a slightly different one (apparently) on a sqn letter head. a short time later received a letter from an annoyed chap in Blandford complaining the badge is not the one outlined in SOinC(A) blah blah blah... anyway it doesnt have the lion on the top.

Originally Posted by wild_man

it is the wrong badge, we had a slightly different one (apparently) on a sqn letter head. a short time later received a letter from an annoyed chap in Blandford complaining the badge is not the one outlined in SOinC(A) blah blah blah... anyway it doesnt have the lion on the top.

....it DOESN'T have the lion on top!!!!! Well thank God for that.... for a minute there i thought i'd been wearing the wrong cap badge for 26 years! We know there shouldn't be a lion on top ya numbnut!

Have to say, your whole post doesn't make much sense! Who is "we"? What has a Squadron letter head got to do with the poster? Who are you? Do you have input on the final poster? Is this poster in circulation with the wrong badge or not?

....and finally.... who's nicked the last black jelly baby while i wasn't looking!

Originally Posted by Hairy_Fairy

Originally Posted by basso

Anyway, back to the badge. Why don't you lot ask Joanna Lumley to

organise an 'easyfix Jimmy', one without all the fiddly bits. It cannot be

beyond the realm of man or err..err woman to devise one. And she seems

to be a bit of a goer. Now there is a Lass for an old blokes dreams.

Something like this perhaps? Obviously with a change of crown.




Sentiments on Joanna echoed.

I agree but change the writing to Certa Cito perhaps

Originally Posted by Doogonk

Originally Posted by wild_man

it is the wrong badge, we had a slightly different one (apparently) on a sqn letter head. a short time later received a letter from an annoyed chap in Blandford complaining the badge is not the one outlined in SOinC(A) blah blah blah... anyway it doesnt have the lion on the top.

....it DOESN'T have the lion on top!!!!! Well thank God for that.... for a minute there i thought i'd been wearing the wrong cap badge for 26 years! We know there shouldn't be a lion on top ya numbnut!

Have to say, your whole post doesn't make much sense! Who is "we"? What has a Squadron letter head got to do with the poster? Who are you? Do you have input on the final poster? Is this poster in circulation with the wrong badge or not?

....and finally.... who's nicked the last black jelly baby while i wasn't looking!

NA,Lots,NA,No,yes,ya mum

Nicely cleared up!