Thanks a lot chaps, I just didn't recognise it when I saw it. Times certainly changed during my service - when I was first commissioned we were still wearing the old white waistcoat for Ladies Guest Nights. I wonder what happened to that? At Catterick one of the chaps wore the old tight mess overalls with the elastic straps over patent leather boots (not shoes). Such ostentation was frowned upon by the PMC but as the chap had a private income and didnt give a bugger about petty regulations he carried on wearing them.