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Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:52 am
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I stand in awe.

If there is a fault with your product,. it can only be that it is superior to the original.

Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:28 am
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but don't read the comments if you have a weak heart.

Excellent advice.............. Very Happy

Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:48 am
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Greetings,

I am trying to get information on the construction of a simple part of male clothing, referred to as either braces or suspenders but used to stop the trousers from falling down. I gather ...

Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:24 pm
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What Ho Adrian.

My thanks for your full and helpful reply and as the dates sought were only approximate, you have addressed that point. As my interest lay with the Enfield 1853, and what preceded a ...

Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:15 am
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My apologies if this has been covered before, but I did search all the "Off topic" posts to no avail

Would some kind person( and I am assured there are many out there) tell me what the t ...

Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:56 am
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Edward..........

Apologies from a Colonial for posting trite thoughts which have resulted in your thread being, dare I say, at worst, highjacked, at best dragged off on a tangent.

Embarassed

Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:07 am
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.......... The biscuit boxes have a metal container inside a wooden box and were about 100 cms high - so provided a much more substantial building block for the barricades at Rorke's Drift than the c ...

Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:21 am
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Apparently, the quality and detail is excellent, but the price.....� 299.00 on amazon ! Shocked

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Ah just what I was seeking for my "sisters and cousins whom I reckon up by dozens&quo ...

Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:39 am
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Question - if this happened to you, instead turning up near Isandlwana or Rorke's Drift, would you - ............ Coll

Being aware of the fact that if I changed history because of th ...

Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:16 am
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I was once told that an expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until finally he knows everything about nothing..................................

Really, my recollection of a defi ...

Thu Nov 29, 2012 7:17 pm
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Sods law that people always ask you to let them have details out of season when your kit is dispersed all over the UK so if Kiwi you can bear with me I'll see what I can do from various pics etc here ...

Wed Nov 28, 2012 7:42 pm
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Kiwi

Not sure this question has ever been discussed before (unlike the command of another battle not a million miles away!) or if it has I've forgotten it....................Did you have any ideas? ...

Wed Nov 28, 2012 5:07 am
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I am sure that this has been well and truly "washed and hung out to dry" but my ability to find the thread and subsequent postings is not good. Sad

So, please, as the Victorian Music Hall ...

Wed Nov 28, 2012 4:50 am
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Mark - the containers used are commonly referred to as "Dixies"................................ There are some differences over the roughyl 100 years of service but they basically remain the ...

Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:15 am
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Hi
......... a reference to ammunition boxes at Rorke's Drift being opened (or at least having the lid screws removed) well in advance of any need to resupply the firing line................

There ...
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