When I joined the army ......

tom33 · 16-12-2006, 17:48

dai i noticed your in flint...do you see anything of dennis hough or ciryl abdy..???

ceedoubleu · 16-12-2006, 17:58

Originally Posted by alpoole1

Griff,
Since you asked, they are like Goretex, but not as expensive!!, "Crisp Bag" is another good word. We used to have to buy them off our Training Cpls

In 1977 my Depot Section Comd "Gus Hooker" D&D only charged me £10 for my jacket(my weekly pay was £7)so we paid a pound a week(there was 8 of us doing that :-)..............Bargain.......or so he told me:laugh_xmas:

Wetproofs - particularly useful worn under Combat Jackets :frown_xmas:

**ap1** · 16-12-2006, 21:14

Originally Posted by ceedoubleu

Wetproofs - particularly useful worn under Combat Jackets :frown_xmas:

Arrh yeeesssssssss, an ideal tactic for silent nightime patrolling. I never could understand why I kept going down with hypothermia in the Ambush FRV:no_xmas:

rolli25 · 16-12-2006, 23:28

Wetproofs wasnt it Des that made us wear a greenbelt & Buckle with them and pull them round the back so tight that they looked like miniskirts:confused_xmas:

**dai hood** · 17-12-2006, 12:55

yes Tom everybody knows dennis in flint played football for the army ill see him tonight .

**rob jones 60** · 17-12-2006, 12:57

You had to have your combat jacket tapered in to a ducks tail at the back .. even if you were wearing your wet proof jacket

**rob jones 60** · 17-12-2006, 13:03

Do the lads that trained in crickhowell remember the cockroaches that came out at night in the cook house and would cover the floor...going for a run up the pig track and white lady..and being made very fit in the( torch er chamber) gym.