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Originally Posted by IJC 38
Looking at your photo, hope you never got blanco on your collar buttons, half an hours marching if you did (1951), don't know what years you were there, but parade every morning with inspection, including fly buttons and then an individual about-turn and bend over to show that buttons and braces were in correct place. including brass buttons on monkey jacket and waistcoat, plus trousers was something like 36 buttons.
Church Parade on Sundays with white trousers (duck canvas) Yellow when you get them, oiled oilskins with the oil running down your trousers when marching in the rain. (memories)
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Trick was to blanco everything and then use an artist’s paintbrush soaked in water to clean the buttons off. Went through all of the above 1957-1960. Pyjama trousers under the duck trousers in winter...