kanga wrote:[separate collars requiring studs were still standard uniform issue for Air Cadets when I started as an instructor ~50 years ago. They caused much bewilderment to new recruits, and staff had to take lots of cheap spares to Camp because Cadets had never brought enough to allow for losses.
Uniform shirts were separate collars with studs (3 per shirt) when I first joined the Job. I used to have a permanent mark just below my Adams apple from the front stud. I was very glad when they eventually introduced new shirts with fixed collars.
PW