Why don't things get any better - well dungarees anyway!

[MikeSharp01]

I am a great fan of dungarees when working on the site, to get them to stay on the shoulders I have to cross the shoulder straps behind my back (see image one). Yesterday the latest copy of 'Narrow Gauge Times, I appreciate it's not for everyone and not much to do with self building, dropped into the letter box and so I spent a happy hour thumbing through. I came across this photo of a world war one derailment of a stretcher wagon and the team working away to get it back on the rails and the stretcher case back to blighty. (see image 2 - attributed to the Imperial War museum)  One thing I noticed immediately was the way the guy on the ground pushing the wagon back onto the track was wearing dungarees with the shoulder straps crossed and it struck me that the problem of the shoulder straps falling off has not been solved in over 100 years, wonder why?

 

Image 1

Image 2.

[SteamyTea]

Got a vision of Felicity Kendal now.

And Rick Mayall.