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  1. 15th February 08, 05:16 AM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
    Yes there is truth and I know someone who served at Stirling Castle when it was a barracks who can attest to it.
    I think this may be akin to other stories I have heard about sergeant majors making a manual check that soldiers had "dressed to the left" when on parade and may have more to do with the sexual preferences of the said sergeant major than any army regulation.
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    It wasn't a manual check but a visual one using a mirror on a stick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
    It wasn't a manual check but a visual one using a mirror on a stick.
    If he was caught in a shopping mall with one of those he'd be arrested on the spot.
  4. 15th February 08, 12:57 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
    If he was caught in a shopping mall with one of those he'd be arrested on the spot.
    Perhaps but military and civilian discipline were and are distinct things and where such checks would have been carried out would have been on military property.

    I was also told that kilt wearing soldiers were not allowed to climb the stairs on a double decker bus but have been unable to verify this.
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