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I'll pick up on one thing,Pete.
We never had sweaters with a large 'P' it is not the English way. We just
had small badges in green with the word prefect in gold, about 1 1/2 ins
long.
My proudest posse4ssion is a small,badge the size of a 5p piece (about a
cm) in diameter with three seagulls atop a letter 'G' on a blue
background.
I used to wear it as, if noticed, it was a conversation starter.
I did one meet a man with the same badge with three diamonds around the
edge. I didn't get chance to talk to him but that badge is only worn by,
maybe 1,000 people at most world wide.
I did meet a man with the tiny gold caterpillar on his lapel a couple of
years ago. I did say something like "Oh, Caterpillar club" he was
obviously pleased that someone had noticed it but didn't want to discuss
it so I left the subject alone. The Caterpillar Club is exclusively for
people who have saved their lives by parachuting out of an aeroplane. I
would have liked to have known is story but it was not to be.
I have just been watching one of the many WWII films we are deluged with
and couldn't help noticing that the the germans had the smartest unifirms
with the biggest badge the Iron Cross about 2 ins across, the British in
their drab, khaki uniforms and the Americans in their gaudy uniforms.
Different nations, different tastes.
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> BTW Ian ... did you keep your school sweater with the BIG "P"
> on it ?
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