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Army surplus
« on: 24 June 2008, 10:44:24 »
Whats happened to all the army surplus shops? When I was a lad I used to wear ex army pants as they were comfy with loads of room and ideal for working on the car but can't seem to find them anywhere.
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #1 on: 24 June 2008, 10:46:33 »
We have 2 in leominter and a huge one about 3 miles into the country... I love going there to have a brevit. Some good stuff... and some utter rubbish  ;D
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #2 on: 24 June 2008, 10:47:04 »
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Whats happened to all the army surplus shops? When I was a lad I used to wear ex army pants as they were comfy with loads of room and ideal for working on the car but can't seem to find them anywhere.

Loads of room for what Pete? ::) ;D
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #3 on: 24 June 2008, 10:52:18 »
Bragging again!!  :D
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #4 on: 24 June 2008, 13:30:26 »
We have one in Swansea but most have moved online these days to cut costs.
http://www.surplusandadventure.com/shopscr21.html
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #5 on: 24 June 2008, 13:35:46 »
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We have 2 in leominter and a huge one about 3 miles into the country... I love going there to have a brevit. Some good stuff... and some utter rubbish  ;D

sheperds ain't as good as it used to be  - lots of new stuff and hardly any suplus now
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #6 on: 24 June 2008, 13:48:38 »
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We have 2 in leominter and a huge one about 3 miles into the country... I love going there to have a brevit. Some good stuff... and some utter rubbish  ;D

sheperds ain't as good as it used to be  - lots of new stuff and hardly any suplus now



True... spent many a fond day routing around when it used to be the 'old' shepards. Is alo quite expenive now. But still good for a sunday morning drive  ;D
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #7 on: 24 June 2008, 15:31:51 »
There is one near work - Coneybury
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #8 on: 24 June 2008, 15:40:03 »
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Whats happened to all the army surplus shops? When I was a lad I used to wear ex army pants as they were comfy with loads of room and ideal for working on the car but can't seem to find them anywhere.

The problem is that a lot of army stuff doesnt wear as well as it used to, which is quite deliberate anyway (lighter, more agile, etc) so the 'surplus' part is a bit of a mis-nomer.......

........plenty in the countryside towns and villages but next to none in big cities as their version of going natural is a drive in the Chelsea Tractor to the Farm Shop!  ;D
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #9 on: 24 June 2008, 18:09:07 »
Used to use Silvermans as a teen..... then it was mail order and took weeks to happen -- now they are online ( probably still takes weeks !!!)
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #10 on: 24 June 2008, 18:57:13 »
Anchor in Derby (Ripley Actually) is MEGGA....   need a Green Godess? or a Wasp heli engine?


http://www.anchorsupplies.com/

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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #11 on: 24 June 2008, 22:11:25 »
There is one in Darlington, lots of foreign stuff and new.
There isn't the surpless that there used to be, lack of National Service is my guess, good old army shops went in the 60's  :(
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #12 on: 24 June 2008, 22:16:37 »
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We have 2 in leominter and a huge one about 3 miles into the country... I love going there to have a brevit. Some good stuff... and some utter rubbish  ;D

You wanna pack that breviting in mate :(
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #13 on: 24 June 2008, 22:19:13 »
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We have 2 in leominter and a huge one about 3 miles into the country... I love going there to have a brevit. Some good stuff... and some utter rubbish  ;D

You wanna pack that breviting in mate :(

am I dumb or........

.....what breviting...  :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
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Re: Army surplus
« Reply #14 on: 24 June 2008, 22:19:32 »
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Whats happened to all the army surplus shops? When I was a lad I used to wear ex army pants as they were comfy with loads of room and ideal for working on the car but can't seem to find them anywhere.

Can someone who's handy with a computer please knock up a pic of spiderman in a combat suit. I thank you. ;D
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