Ladies and Gentlemen,
We've just been made aware that another couple of ARRSE users have headed down the "Picking Up the Brass" route and published a book:
Any thoughts/reviews or other after reading the book will be more than welcome in this thread.
We've just been made aware that another couple of ARRSE users have headed down the "Picking Up the Brass" route and published a book:
This book is a diverse collection of humorous anecdotes collated by two former Squaddies under the pen-name Jonathan Smiles. Theyâve been pulling this particular sandbag for nearly a year, but now itâs finally time to push it!
Pull Up a Sandbag is an invitation to swap a few tales, and hopefully includes something for everyone. It is a patchwork quilt of stories, but forget any mental images of chintz, silk and satin â the material is definitely hessian, DPM and old Goretex, a mixture all squaddies will be comfortable with. The stories are as true as any story remains after successive telling, and as accurate as memory can be after surviving the passing years and occasional alcohol-based filtration.
Help for Heroes will receive £1 from the proceeds for every copy sold.
So hereâs the invitation â Pull Up a Sandbag, and if you recognize yourself in any of the anecdotes, either starring or in a supporting role, then accept the appreciation of everyone that smiles, laughs or cries as they read.
Press on the Picture below to go direct to the purchasing pageâ¦
Whilst out on the Range âPicking Up the Brassâ what better companion than âPulling Up a Sandbagâ
Pull Up a Sandbag is an invitation to swap a few tales, and hopefully includes something for everyone. It is a patchwork quilt of stories, but forget any mental images of chintz, silk and satin â the material is definitely hessian, DPM and old Goretex, a mixture all squaddies will be comfortable with. The stories are as true as any story remains after successive telling, and as accurate as memory can be after surviving the passing years and occasional alcohol-based filtration.
Help for Heroes will receive £1 from the proceeds for every copy sold.
So hereâs the invitation â Pull Up a Sandbag, and if you recognize yourself in any of the anecdotes, either starring or in a supporting role, then accept the appreciation of everyone that smiles, laughs or cries as they read.
Press on the Picture below to go direct to the purchasing pageâ¦

Whilst out on the Range âPicking Up the Brassâ what better companion than âPulling Up a Sandbagâ