Recent content by Andy Baillie

The pockets on the trousers with the extra money/watch pocket are exactly the same as on my CC41 suit on the previous page, Mine's a Burton suit :)

Thank you, I'll be sure to tell Sarah you paid her a compliment ;)

Thanks :D I'm a re-enactor so my sergeant-major would yell at me if it was too long! (16 Parachute Field Ambulance) http://www.spanglefish.com/16parachutefieldambulance

The trousers came as they are seen :) Although the back had been let out about an inch (original alteration, not by me) Lucky as I'm usually too tall for old trousers

Thanks :) Here's a couple more taken a month or two ago That's my friend Sarah too We go to forties shows together The chairs are CC41 as well with a matching sofa (shame about the modern plugs! lol)

Here's a couple pics of me wearing my CC41 Burton suit, War Economy but not lacking in craftmanship. (Perfect fit too!) (Pics taken last week)

I'll try and take some more photos of the others, but here are a couple of mine: - 1895 Singer Sewing Machine: 1920s Jones Sewing Machine: 1905 Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine:

Here is a picture of my Dad's 1943 Royal Enfield 'Flying Flea' Used in the War in Arhnem most likely by Glider or parachutists during Operation Market Garden. These were designed to be parachuted and were lightweight motorbikes. Here are a couple of me on my Dad's other bike a 1941...

Here are some scans I found in a book about the life of Winston Churchill, These are circa 1908 and show the same uniforms as mine, captioned as ‘Levee Dress’

Wow, that's an interesting link :) Thanks, It all helps the research, Andy

Brilliant speculation, Quite probable too :) Thanks for your input :cool:

Wow, amazing pictures I'd love to reproduce 1930-1940s clothing one day and its always good having sources to like this to gain ideas of styles, especially since I'm English and it's good to see slightly varying styles from America Thanks for posting it :cool:

Black Fleet Air Arm trousers :) (Lt-Cmdr's and lovely and warm wool! The WW2 reefer Jacket is a lot nicer than the modern ones made out of flimsy light-weight fabric!)

Unfortunately I don't know anything about the owner, but it would be amazing to find out, I wonder whether I might be able to contact the Diplomatic Corp via their website and find out, I'm sure they must have records, It's just amatter of whether they'd release any records to a member of...

Thanks for the advice on the pictures, but just figured it out before I saw your reply, Thanks for the nice comments, I paid £25 GBP for the Jacket & Waistcoat Everybody loves a bargain! :) Btw, I don't seem to be able to view people's public profiles or PM anybody, (mind you, am...