(03-03-2022, 06:23 PM)Peter Sweeney Wrote: When I started work in the Conservation workshop at The London Museum in Kensington Palace in 1963. The other lad Bob and I turned up in Jeans, polo shirts and desert boots. As Civil servant Boy learners on £25 a month no way we were buying fancy dress to work in. Any clothing we would buy was for our selves. Asked why we didn't come in flannels shirts and ties we said you supply them and we might. Esta code the Civil service bible had no answer. So for the rest of my working life I pleased myself. Only at the end did regulations for H&S come in and equipment was supplied.
slightly OT but when I was in Basic training (Canadian Navy Reserves) one of the other officer cadets refused to wear a bra. When her CO told her to - she likewise replied 'you issue it and I will wear it.' Took two days of looking they found that NATO did issue bras - therefore she had to wear one even if not issued. (Can't recall that it made our days any worse - I don't recall even noticing - not much to be seen under a set of fatigues
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