higthepig
GCM

I have read many things on these pages which i find quite odd to say the least.Ijoined up in jan 1956 was issued with a black round cap and an oval white cap which was kept white by the use of blanco,imagine stood in the rain and think of your blue suit,the suit of course had no zips and no pockets you wore a money belt,it was skin tight and needed your oppo to assist in taking it off,invariably it went intoyour dhobey bucket after each run ashore,no laundries then sad to say,icant see for obvious reasons jenny wearing that today,then along came the zip,greatest thing ever as far as uniform was concerned, now im told no1s is all one piece,tops i mean, wearing shirts im afraid does not make you look like a sailor which is surely the point.As for bullying,beasting ,mess initiations or whatever,never heard of them certainly not in my time and i left in july 1979.sowas the old navy any better?you be the judge,a drunken civvie well look at that effin pratt whereas jack in his rig it tended to be,Oh look at that poor sailor,lets take him home.And as for discipline i think it was harder then i can imagine what would happen to any sailor refusing to get into a boat.and nowadays how many ladies want to touch your collar for luck?as for bollockings whose fault would that be?any way ive had worse from my wife for doing f all.so tell me why is pure nastiness creeping in branches have always taken the piss out of other branches good friendly banter which you wouldnt get away with nowadays with all this pc crap around could i call my childrens godfather who was as black as my navy cap snowball?i doubt it. well thats it ive done my time and enjoyed every minute of it,i just feel sorry for the future for those to come if the navys attitude keeps changing the way it does if it aint broke dont fix it.