How they were dressed in 1940

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

What the boys dreamed for.

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Common male dresses in 1940.

Originally posted by Stellan Bojerud
What the boys dreamed for.

I'll have one of each (ladies uniforms suits) please and thank you Size small or size 7.

Nice to see the photos Stellan

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

O.K. Coming up right now.

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

I am glad to be able to tell you that the naziz never got one single seat in the Swedish Parliament.

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Mode 1940.

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

The Stockholm water-polo team 1940. Six out of seven called up for military sérvice.

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Waiting for the boys?

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

With all able bodied men called up for military service the girls started running the tramways in 1940.

This is how "B" Coy 48th Highlanders was dressed in 1940. Our friend Norm Cromie is in there somewhere see if you can find him.

Could NORM be 3rd or 7th from the right, 2nd row (right behind front row) ???

With those helmets and chinstraps it's tough to see the features properly ... I STILL can't pick out my Uncle Ed's face from the JUNE 1943 group photoe of RWR's, even after now having a photo of him.

Well ... did I find Norm or not?

Karmen

Sorry Karmen no cigar but don't feel bad I couldn't pick him out either.

... Ok then ... how about # 21

Karmen, you must have been talking to Betty.

Originally posted by Art Johnson
Karmen, you must have been talking to Betty.

Nope ... not talking to Betty OR Norm, though I DO have a couple of youthful pics of him. I was Just looking at a photo of Norm in his youngster days and came back to look at the photo again ... the one side slightly turned up smile, nose, cheekbones, jawline, and the general "hottie" look (but I must fess up that I wasn't totally sure ... I was HOPING I was correct ...

I can still see that young man in the little documentary I saw with the older Norm.

Well ... I'm quite tickled to have picked Norm out of the crowd, even after my third guess. 3 times lucky, huh?

Cheers Art ...

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
Could NORM be 3rd or 7th from the right, 2nd row (right behind front row) ???

With those helmets and chinstraps it's tough to see the features properly ... I STILL can't pick out my Uncle Ed's face from the JUNE 1943 group photoe of RWR's, even after now having a photo of him.

Well ... did I find Norm or not?

Karmen

Well, I found Mr. Schickelgruber, 10th from the left, back row, one after the "extra" back row starts.

R.

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

And the Ladies mode changed.

Why is it that a different phrase keeps popping into my head about this poster .....

JENNY GET YOUR GUN!?



Karmen (no disrespect intended)

Karmen you may be thinking of the showtune "Johnny Get Your Gun". I believe it is from a US stage show WW I. It may even have been in a movie.

Originally posted by Art Johnson
Karmen you may be thinking of the showtune "Johnny Get Your Gun". I believe it is from a US stage show WW I. It may even have been in a movie.

Thanks Art ... I wasn't sure what the phrase in my head referred to (be quiet Mark-O ) but associate it with "soldiers" ... something along the lines of "When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, hurrah". Soldiers. )

Hmmmm ... new song:

When Jenny comes marching home again, hurrah hurrah,
When Jenny comes marching home again, hurrah, hurrah,
When Jenny comes marching home again
She'll kick off her black caddilacs
And finally get to kick back and relax ...
Hurrah hurrah hurrah

Karmen

The song I'm thinking of goes more like;

"Johnny get your,get your gun, get your gun."
"Put the Hun on the run, on the run, on the run."

Now wait till I put my tin hat on, my head is allergic to flying frying pans.

I believe it is from a show called "Yippity Yappity" or something like that.

As a movie I believe it was called "This is the Army" with George Murphy, Ronald Regan, Kate Smith, Irving Berlin and others.

Of course I could be all wet.

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
... I wasn't sure what the phrase in my head referred to

So you hear voices in your head do you..... :

.............:idea: ...............

Now that!, explains everything............

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
So you hear voices in your head do you..... :

.............:idea: ...............

Now that!, explains everything............

The voices I hear are Master Sunrays .... busy yap yap yapping ... he's worse than I am with the typing sometimes ...

MA

[Crewman]

Here it is very nice and sexy 1940s dress…


Library of Congress LC-USE6-D-001015

This is the US national aluminum collection. A store window display in Rutherford, New Jersey, promoting the National Defense Aluminum Collection (July 21-29, 1941). This collection was conducted by the Office of Civilian Defense.

C.

[Mark W. Tonner]

Oh! Look, MA 's best 'Party' dress.....

'Flying Pans'........

Cool, I like ... they look like aluminum frying pans

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
Oh! Look, MA 's best 'Party' dress.....

'Flying Pans'........

Ohhhh noooo ... this is TOOOOO scarey!!! you and I must be on the same wavelength Mark-O ... You were composing this when I was composing my comments re frying pans.

You must be thrilled to know how alike our minds are? No? Yes?

I'd better not let Tom and Rupert see her ... I'll lose them for sure.

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Vets Dottir
I'd better not let Tom and Rupert see her ... I'll lose them for sure.

If they go missing, check to see if they at least remembered to take a CAN OPENER with 'em.......

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
If they go missing, check to see if they at least remembered to take a CAN OPENER with 'em.......

I'll hide the canopeners. I don't want them cheating on me with some aluminum covered bimbo! Ma