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The uniforms and supplies

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Well, we were given everything

including a bra.

And I don't think that we had a corset

which old fashioned things like that.

No, we didn't have that but we

was always a joke with these passion.

Well I think we called them passion

often you could replace.

If you went to the stores depot

I liked my WAAF uniform.

We used to take great care to.

We slept on it usually under our

And then when we had our battle dress,

which was rougher material

but we always had a locker and a locker,

a long wardrobe thing and then three or

four drawers at the side

put books or photographs and things.

We were given everything,

a sewing kit, stockings, socks, shoes.

Always we wore collars and ties

and you always had to have

your hair cut fairly short.

We had a flat top cap.

I liked that cap.

I wish I still had one

And then I was not sure

whether we had a Glengarry cap.

I can't really remember.

I think perhaps we did.

Which we wore with our battle dress.

Of course the important thing

we had big gas masks and we had to wear

those wherever we went in the camp.

If we were in uniform.

You had to have your gas

And there were times when we had gas marks

knew how to put them on.

And it was very important.

It was really quite a serious thing if

without your gas mask.

We had everything, including

gloves and toiletries of all kinds.

It was very, very thoughtful.

We were really well dressed.

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