Almost forgot to say, got my spanky new CiA membership card on Friday - big thanks to all the organisers for this.
FAO Lipton - you're famous now, buddy!
I got my 1941 jerkin for £15 btw.
New acquisitions this week.
37 pattern ('41 dated) map case
soviet style two prong brown leather belt.
wwii german fat/butter dish
2 spare south staffords cap badges
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Just arrived - German Brown Leather Map Case
found a beat-up white enameled mug in the sink at my grandfathers derelict house, made in china but isn't everything?
"Major Bernard Himmler, does the name mean anything to you?"
Good for ww1 to korea that!
Some folk wil try and tell you only brown/green ones were used but thats balls... battlefield acheology turns up all three types from the same battle all the time.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Today, 1.5mm and 3mm Nitrile sheet, so i can finally replace the gaskets on my WW2 German petrol stoves 
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
CUTENESS OVERDOSE!!!
Agreed the puppie is uber cute
name ? and breed ?
Maggie, Pembroke Corgi. They are actually quite popular on this side of the pond..my family has had them through three generations now!
I used to keep corgis.
great dogs.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
*very* dark for a pembroke though, they are usually rusty/sandy with white marking in the UK.
Cardigan corgis are often black or drak grey.
My old dog looked like this.
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And cardigans tend to look more like this
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Not for one minute suggesting you dont know what breed of dog you have 
just more suprised its so dark, having said that 'dinky' was chocolate brown all over as a puppy and went orangey coloured as a dog.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Yeah, they really are great dogs.
Shes definitely a Pembroke...shes a tricolor fluffy though.
Heres my other one, hes a fluffy pembroke as well (same breeder). Hes the great uncle actually.
Paraffin Lantern
Essex Regiment Swagger Stick
Rubber training Knife to be converted to Fairbairn Sykes
V-neck wooly jumper from Primark
and a rather nice rare officer's map case. Rather similar to the ones in this pic:
V-neck wooly jumper from Primark
I had a quick look in primark - are these the plain beige - V necks?
yep.
reduced to £3 in the Nottingham store
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
yup, with a label saying "butler and webb"
BTW... The guys in the pic above are Chindits... Gadge, we need to get Webby in his Marine camo down to an event with TFSS
Those are Merill's Marauders in the background.
Slightly off topic but just picked up a nice skanky Sankey trailer for the LR . W(s)hithams are selling em off cheap on Ebay at the mo!
And also a Zephyr 750 .....any comments about born again or boring will result in people being killed and eaten. It's to convert into a BMW & Sidecar honest .
BTW... The guys in the pic above are Chindits... Gadge, we need to get Webby in his Marine camo down to an event with TFSS
Those are Merill's Marauders in the background.
Yay, thought that looked like a Marine Sculking in the background there
Did you ride it back from Lye or was that when you christened the trailer?
Did you ride it back from Lye or was that when you christened the trailer?
In the back of a different trailer 
only picked up the skanky today
Nice bike Guy! I used to have a Z750 LTD. I'm currently toying with the idea of buying a Lanny Lightweight as a "toy".
When I want your opinion - I'll tell you what it is!