Affectionate Sailors

[anteros_lmc]

Apologies for the lack of response to posts and comments over the last week. Work continues to be monumentally pish and is only getting more so. However life goes on and all that. nodbear is here and we are spending a few days doing navyboy research. And talking of navyboys, here are some very affectionate ones from Brett and Kate Mckay's wonderful

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[vintagehearted]

I love the pictures and thanks a lot for the link to the 'male affection' website!

[anteros_lmc]

You're very welcome indeed. Glad you enjoyed :)

[vespican]

Some observations regarding uniforms depicted in these pics, which might answer a question or two posed by other commentors

[anteros_lmc]

That's fascinating! I am going to have to study these pictures in more detail :)

[vespican]

Sadly, I've noticed that the Royal Navy has moved away from the traditional athwartships creased trousers for the enlisted uniform. In several pics on the RN facebook page, close examination of those in what appears to be the traditional uniforms, reveals that trousers have a modern fore and aft civilian crease. Probably lets them have one style of trou for all hands.
Dave

[anteros_lmc]

I had not idea that a fore and aft crease was regarded as civilian! Fascinating!

[eglantine_br]

I remember when husband got his crow. that was back when they had the 'tacking on the crow,' ceremony. Essentially it allowed everyone on the ship who had a crow already to beat him on the arm. He was bruised for days-- and happy.

[anteros_lmc]

A crow?! Your husband had a crow on his arm? I am now imagining US navyboys walking around with crows on their shoulders like pirates with their parrots! XD

[eglantine_br]

I wish it were a real crow! Mike would have liked that, and it would have been great fun to see them. Like spirit animals for sailors. I love the whole corvid group. They are like the computer nerds of the bird world.

Sadly, the crow is only a patch of cloth with a bird on it. That and a little pin. Poor Mike even had to sew it on himself. I am not good at sewing. And sailors, as I have pointed out to him many times, are.

[anteros_lmc]

Mike would have liked that, and it would have been great fun to see them. Like spirit animals for sailors.
Like daemons! :D

[rum_inspector]

oh the last photo! Learning how to dance, and some of them learning more...

[anteros_lmc]

Mmmm yes....they're definitely learning.... ;)