gordon92 Posted 9 May , 2015 Share Posted 9 May , 2015 I just acquired a jacket with the following inspection markings stamped on the lining: 93 WɅD M Does anyone know which venue the "M" refers to? At one point Joe Sweeney had most of these sorted out, but I cannot find the thread. Regretfully Joe is not here to answer. Would be grateful for help on this or a pointer to the appropriate thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovetown Posted 9 May , 2015 Share Posted 9 May , 2015 It's Marylebone (in London). Cheers, GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon92 Posted 9 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2015 It's Marylebone (in London). Cheers, GT. Most appreciated, GT. Any idea what type of facility was at Marylebone? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 10 May , 2015 Share Posted 10 May , 2015 At one point Joe Sweeney had most of these sorted out, but I cannot find the thread. Regretfully Joe is not here to answer. This is the thread I believe you're thinking of: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=189331&hl=pimlico I struggled to find it, as spelling Marylebone correctly apparently eluded Joe, but Pimlico did not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovetown Posted 10 May , 2015 Share Posted 10 May , 2015 This is the thread I believe you're thinking of: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=189331&hl=pimlico I struggled to find it, as spelling Marylebone correctly apparently eluded Joe, but Pimlico did not Good find Andrew: I'm beginning to wonder if/ how we could compile those kind of threads. Look at the Boots one in Misc, which links to one of his, for instance. Especially now that Classics has been scrapped. Otherwise, more and more of this detail is going to become shrouded in the mists of time. I'm told his run of Militaria articles is up-to-date and there are no more to come. He had started on 'the book' - myself and a couple of others I know of hold perhaps half a dozen draft chapters, sent for review (grammar etc, not content) - yet it's hard to see how they can be brought to life now. It's all a great shame. Regards, GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon92 Posted 10 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 10 May , 2015 This is the thread I believe you're thinking of: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=189331&hl=pimlico I struggled to find it, as spelling Marylebone correctly apparently eluded Joe, but Pimlico did not Yep, that is the thread. Excellent find. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon92 Posted 10 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 10 May , 2015 Good find Andrew: I'm beginning to wonder if/ how we could compile those kind of threads. Look at the Boots one in Misc, which links to one of his, for instance. Especially now that Classics has been scrapped. Otherwise, more and more of this detail is going to become shrouded in the mists of time. I'm told his run of Militaria articles is up-to-date and there are no more to come. He had started on 'the book' - myself and a couple of others I know of hold perhaps half a dozen draft chapters, sent for review (grammar etc, not content) - yet it's hard to see how they can be brought to life now. It's all a great shame. Regards, GT. Perhaps, we should propose a "Joe Sweeney Materials" subforum in the Documents Repository forum as a place to capture links to Joe's threads and any other research materials associated with Joe before, as you say, they become "shrouded in the mists of time." Thoughts on this?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 11 May , 2015 Share Posted 11 May , 2015 What is perhaps needed is to pin such threads to the top of the relevant section as is common on other forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon92 Posted 11 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 11 May , 2015 What is perhaps needed is to pin such threads to the top of the relevant section as is common on other forums. How do we do that, Jerry? Do we contact the moderators? We would have to solicit nominations for threads in this category from forum members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 11 May , 2015 Share Posted 11 May , 2015 How do we do that, Jerry? Do we contact the moderators? We would have to solicit nominations for threads in this category from forum members. Yes, on many other forums the mods notice threads that are of particular value or act on pm's sent to them and pin them or make them a sticky so they can be found easily because they are always at the top of the relevant section. It depends on the mods here and also if the software allows it to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o j kirby Posted 18 May , 2015 Share Posted 18 May , 2015 Hello, Just as an extension to the question, I have heard it said that post war, the letter and number were swapped around so that the initial was above the arrow, and the numeral(s) below. Can anyone confirm this, and if correct, when this change took place? Many thanks, Owain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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