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Dress Blues

Posted by Bob Higgins on September 13, 2009, 10:40 pm

Hey does anybody remember a tailor shop near the Armed Guard Center in Brooklyn ? I had my first set of tailor made dress blues made there. 32 oz serge and bell bottoms, I thought I was the cats meow.

BH

Re: Dress Blues

Posted by Roy Brown on September 15, 2009, 8:13 am, in reply to "Dress Blues"

I certainly remember my tailor-made dress blues!
AND I certainly have FORGOTTEN where I got them!
Maybe the same place!!??
Thanks for the reminder. My old mind is sort of straying "off-course" once in awhile!
Roy Brown

Re: Dress Blues

Posted by Al Burnham on September 16, 2009, 10:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Dress Blues"

I do remember getting a tailor made set of dress blues. And I did get them in Brooklyn on my second stop over for reassignment as I think I remember. But where in Brooklyn I don't remember.
I got married in those tailor mades in Richmond, Ca. 63yrs. ago. It could have been at the same shop Bob. The shop was recommended and the turn
around was fast.
Al

Re: Dress Blues

Posted by John L. Haynes on September 20, 2009, 3:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Dress Blues"

I certainly remember getting my tailot-made dress blues. I think it was in Brooklyn but I dont remember exactly when. I got out of the Armed Guard in July 1942 right after my voyage to Murmansk in PQ13 and got into aircraft mechanics training and advanced to AMM2c. I enjoyed my tailor-mades very much. I later got into flight training and as a cadet could no longer wear them, but saved them, only to have them stolen the day I got my wings and commission. Although I couldn't get into them now at age 86, I still wish I had them. I CAN still get into my officer dress blues and wear them on July 4th and Vertans day.

Re: Dress Blues

Posted by Bob Higgins on September 16, 2009, 7:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Dress Blues"

Thanks for your reply Roy. I'm 85 and I too don't remember a lot of things, and some of the things I do remember I'm not sure happened

BH

Re: Dress Blues

Posted by Fran Kent on September 16, 2009, 8:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Dress Blues"

I won't be 84 until next month but already I've noticed a fraying around the edges of my memory. For example, I don't remember where I acquired my first set of tailor-made blues, but I remember clearly what I paid for them: $35.00. That doesn't seem like much today; then it was the better part of a month's pay.

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Posted by Fran Kent on September 16, 2009, 8:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Dress Blues"

Speaking of tailor-made blues: a ship I was on featured a non-stop poker game in the A.G. mess and one of the gunner's mates was a frequent loser. To keep him in the game, I bought his tailor-mades more than once. I never replaced the rating badge (I was a radioman) because I knew he'd buy them back when he could raise the cash. He never failed.

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