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Old 29th September 2021, 11:04
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The first circular I remember from Marconi was a warning against including the 'Bombay Cap Badge' in one's uniform. An extravagant melee of fluffiest scrambled egg and anchors about which owners had been complaining as being too ostentatious.

It is obvious to me now that it is not only in one's dotage that aesthetic taste turns down to the more vulgar - it must happen across the board independently of 'the number of any individual's days'. Mind you, I am sure a resurrected Chelmsford would have remonstrated without the prompting of clients had any of us started wearing off-the-shoulder yellow cordage.
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