.....and what was the name of that marvellous firm in Newark that sold 2/hand No.1s and greatcoats (in good nick) for half-price?
Ernie Bedford. A wonderfully traditional military tailor and gentlemen's outfitter, long since gone. With cut after cut reducing the RAF to a pathetic shadow of its former glory, poor old Ernie was no longer getting sufficent stock to keep his secondhand clothing business alive....
Sadly, Bates no longer sell their markedly superior RAF SD caps.... Most people buy them from clothing stores nowadays, it seems.