07-31-2007, 10:20 PM
I caught some of this programme tonight.
My dear late great uncle was in the Grenadier guards- all 6'7'' of him
hock: He never wore the bearskin though because it was during WWII so they wore standard tin hats.
He told us that a certain young princess called Elisabeth used to take great delight dropping gravel out a palace window onto these tin hatted guards due to the 'ping' noise (plus they weren't supposed to move) :lol:
That's interesting about the colour red, I always thought it was to hide blood, or to be intimidating to the enemy.
My dear late great uncle was in the Grenadier guards- all 6'7'' of him
hock: He never wore the bearskin though because it was during WWII so they wore standard tin hats.He told us that a certain young princess called Elisabeth used to take great delight dropping gravel out a palace window onto these tin hatted guards due to the 'ping' noise (plus they weren't supposed to move) :lol:
That's interesting about the colour red, I always thought it was to hide blood, or to be intimidating to the enemy.
Memmia AKA Joanne Wenlock.
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