Shelldrake
FM
Number of posts : 3048
Localisation : Camberley
Cap Badge : Royal Artillery
Places Served : Troon, Lippstadt, Devizes, NI, Paderborn, Dortmund, Colchester, Belize, Canada, Cyprus, Gutersloh
Registration date : 2010-10-26
 | Subject: Re: Barrack Room Damages  8/1/2014, 12:09 | |
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In Boy's Service we lived in fear of Brasso........... ___________________________________________________________________
Ah! The good old days before even humble squaddies had civvy employed to polish and scrub ! But why did the management always confuse us by calling "Brasso" "Bluebell " ? And can anyone else remember how an ironing burn on a BD jacket could be removed by rubbing it over with a two bob piece or a half dollar if you were rich enough to have one ?
We lived in fear of Vaseline. I remember the two bob trick, who thought of that? | |
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brum
FM
Number of posts : 2808
Age : 83
Localisation : Sandbach Cheshire
Cap Badge : RA/QOH
Places Served : JLRRA (Hereford) Nienburg Paderborn Colchester Munster Maresfield (Cyprus) Hohne Hemer Op Banner x4 Woolwich
Registration date : 2010-03-02
| | Subject: Re: Barrack Room Damages 8/1/2014, 12:54 | |
| [quote="cartav___________________________________________________________________But why did the management always confuse us by calling "Brasso" "Bluebell " ? And can anyone else remember how an ironing burn on a BD jacket could be removed by rubbing it over with a two bob piece or a half dollar if you were rich enough to have one ?
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"Bluebell" and "Brasso" were two different brands. We never felt that "Bluebell" was as good, (a bit like the relative merits of "Cherry blossom" and "Kiwi" boot polish).
I tried rubbing a burn off with a coin, alas to no avail.
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