No springfields- the link Imp posted. I'm not spending £60 on a blanket. They do say they come in various shades, I wasn't expecting quite that variation though.
Bloody typical- I order one and it turns up cream coloured!
Any Americans want a cream coloured blanket?
hey we could stencil US on it and hey presto...
I already have two blankets though, we cant fit three each in the car.
If one of yours is grey or even brown I'll happily do a swap.
Mine are grey.
Given that mine are just 'blankets' that are not accurate anyway I think we can do a swap there.
makes sense to swap on the Friday night, though I think mine are lined red... We can see then if you like/are bringing the blanket anyway?
Yeah sure. Mine is just a blanket really, just its an RAF one (has a RAF Wyton tag on it). A red lining is fine, I believe thats correct for British wartime issue anyway so I can call it captured kit.
sorry mate, cream, thats bloody awful.
Just watched period film at Nijmegan bridge - wounded soldiers covered in cream blankets!
I'm sure they did use them as they used any blanket they could get their hands on and they probably pilfered plenty of cream/white ones from hospitals. I'd just prefer a grey one as thats the classic issue colour.
sorry mate, cream, thats bloody awful.
Not your fault. I should have put a note on my order saying grey only please.
I must have been lucky, I got my original one for £20!!
Me too... I was told by the trader that was the correct price for them too!
BoB - wwii for the wii generation.
Just noticed - nice!
BoB - wwii for the wii generation.
Just noticed - nice!
I have been chuckling to myself over it for a little while.
(chuckles )
I was given a US blanket from the 1940s, fairly good exept for 1 moth hole, I never used it so put I it on ebay, I was expecting to get £5 to £10 for it, in the end it went for £47 + £6 p&p
Steve.D
BoB - wwii for the wii generation.
Just noticed - nice!
I have been chuckling to myself over it for a little while.
(chuckles
)
Having said that... I did just watch the Brecourt assault tonight to get myself in the mood.
Well I watched Oz, which had Joe Toye in it. But that didn't get me in the mood as such.
I prefer the Crossroads episode!
foolish Webby, there's no such episode in Oz.
I prefer the Crossroads episode!
Yeah, the one where the Presidential Suite's toilet gets blocked and Benny loses his hat trying to unblock it... Classic.
Exactly right