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Member Since: September 2008 Posts: 1,216 Send Message	Sally	Report	20 May 2009 16:44
	Naughty Merlin........ sally ....thinks......I wore helmets and no need for knicky-knacky-noras in mine..... sally
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 1,545 Send Message	Teddys Girl	Report	20 May 2009 15:14
	Is it to soak the sweat up, because it is a helmet for his work. Mo
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 11,687 Send Message	Merlin	Report	20 May 2009 14:43
	He,s in the Guards Regiment,they wear Bearskins,so shes sewed a,G string on as a Chinstrap.M.pmsl.
	Researching: Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Wend,Prickly,Island,GG.+CC.+DIZZY & Mersey.
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 11,687 Send Message	Merlin	Report	20 May 2009 14:38
	A Windsurfing Sail?M.pmsl
	Researching: Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Wend,Prickly,Island,GG.+CC.+DIZZY & Mersey.
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 1,545 Send Message	Teddys Girl	Report	20 May 2009 14:19
	Thinking about names sewn in our clothes, I was a kid during the war, and living east of London, so we had bombing. We had our name and address on discs sewed in on our clothes, mine to my liberty bodice. Had to be sewn on every week after washing the garment. Looking back now, and it brings a shiver to me, is that these were put on our clothes in case we were killed in an air raid or injured, to let next of kin know. Mo
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,377 Send Message	MaggyfromWestYorkshire	Report	20 May 2009 11:41
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 4,377 Send Message	Just found this thread but will bookmark it to find out the answer :0)
Member Since: September 2008 Posts: 1,216 Send Message	Sally	Report	20 May 2009 11:23
	Ahhh.......another thought, he is going somewhere hot.......the knickers are of a shape that will mould into the inside of the helmet.......and being cotton will soak up any sweat...... ......still thinking..... sally
Member Since: September 2008 Posts: 1,216 Send Message	Sally	Report	20 May 2009 11:18
	lol Island.......
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2,563 Send Message	Karen in the desert	Report	20 May 2009 09:59
	Just thinking about that business of names sewn into our school knickers....what type of girls did they think we were, that we might take off our knickers at the drop of a hat, and then forget where we'd left them???!!!Bizarre. K
	Researching: Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambs: TAGG Thames Ditton & East Molesey, Surrey: LEETON/LEADON Hunts & Cambs: LLOYD London/Middx: FROST London/Middx: ROSKAS, KISELIUS, BUDAS W.Lothian & Lanarks: ROSKAS, JAKAS/JAKAITE, JUSKEVICIUS, MICKEVICIUS Lithuania
Member Since: September 2008 Posts: 1,216 Send Message	Sally	Report	20 May 2009 08:43
	One thing did come to mind.......is he a bit lacking in the hair department (follicly challenged)......and knickers chafing on the cranium stimulate hair growth?...........saw a news item once where a farmer had a cow who licked his head and he grew thick hair on that spot..... OR......is he worried about the inside of the helmet chafing his skull and damaging his hair.... ......stupid things that go through the brain when you can't sleep..... sally
Member Since: September 2008 Posts: 1,216 Send Message	Sally	Report	20 May 2009 08:39
	No Liz......no old drawers around here.......only the Marks and Sparks biggies..... slightly off topic......conversation with daughter some years ago..... Daughter: Mum, you like sewing, don't you.... Me: Yes, well I like embroidery and cross-stitch.... Daughter: I have all these labels to sew into ****'s school uniform, would you do it for me.... Of course, I did.......soft idiot that I am..... ANNINA........I'd like you to know, that when I woke at 4.30''ish this morning, I was thinking about your drawers in helmet thread..........still haven't come up with any decent answers..... Hope I don't miss the answer.......could someone please PM me in case I miss why........ta sally
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 13,135 Send Message	UzziAndHerDogs	Report	20 May 2009 08:24
	lol Berona didn't everybody have to have their name in their knickers ? Liz ta for the Sheffield link it was one I had forgotton whilst trying to re build my data base and my book -marks Annina I can't even begin to guess why you are sewing knickers into helmets but I do like the hanging basket idea
	Researching: Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 1,889 Send Message	Hilary	Report	20 May 2009 07:01
	Making a hanging basket? Hilary.x
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 32,472 Send Message	Purple *^Sparkly^* Diamond	Report	20 May 2009 04:49
	Sally, is that what you used to do lol and why did you still have your named knickers hanging around lol Lizxx
Member Since: September 2008 Posts: 1,216 Send Message	Sally	Report	19 May 2009 19:11
	Are they a pair of your old underpinnings that you wore at school, and had your name sewn in.........and Son has to have his name on everything, but cannot be bothered to get the needle and thread out, and his name is..... .....Annino ? sally
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 2,563 Send Message	Karen in the desert	Report	19 May 2009 18:56
	Ok. A guess. Is his helmet some type of crash helmet or safety helmet and he needs some extra padding inside ?? Otherwise, NO idea. K
	Researching: Researching: MILLS & ROBERTS Cambs: TAGG Thames Ditton & East Molesey, Surrey: LEETON/LEADON Hunts & Cambs: LLOYD London/Middx: FROST London/Middx: ROSKAS, KISELIUS, BUDAS W.Lothian & Lanarks: ROSKAS, JAKAS/JAKAITE, JUSKEVICIUS, MICKEVICIUS Lithuania
Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 5,042 Send Message	JustJean	Report	19 May 2009 18:49
	Is he going in to the Foreign Legion? they have material hangin down the back to keep the sun off ...lol....... Jean x
Member Since: March 2009 Posts: 3,038 Send Message	Annina	Report	19 May 2009 18:47
Member Since: March 2009 Posts: 3,038 Send Message	Me again, just noticed, nan of ten,I can beat you, I've got sixteen and a gt grandbaby due at xmas, not only that, half of them were born around xmas, costs me a small fortune!!!
Member Since: March 2009 Posts: 3,038 Send Message	Annina	Report	19 May 2009 18:40
Member Since: March 2009 Posts: 3,038 Send Message	Hi all, Nina here, thanks for replying. I'm on the tubby side myself, and my hubby jokes that I shop at Mudfords for my clothes. Thankyou Sparkly Diamonds for info will look it up when in intelectual mood. None of you guessed why I've sewn me ceks into sons helmet yet ??
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 1,545 Send Message	Teddys Girl	Report	19 May 2009 16:55
	A relative of mine weighed about 20 stone, and she was quite jovial about it, and always used to say, when I go to buy bloomers, they said 'Tents next door', She was sitting on loo one day, and pulled a thread on her bloomers and pulled the gusset right out. As to what we do with old underclothes, use them as dusters etc. Mo

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