http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/ British Victorian Military Society Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:44:17 GMT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6721 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6721 Reminder from: BVMS Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/cal Battle of Sobraon, 1846 Wednesday February 10, 2010 12:00 am - 1:00 am (This event Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:28:58 GMT colsjt65 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6720 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6720 Just tried again - works now. The photos were taken on Sunday when some of us provided opposition to help train some horses with gunfire. The Mounted Rifles Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:15:36 GMT John http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6719 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6719 Seemed to work for me. I uploaded one photo so the entry bar thing says "6 New Photos" but when I click it, I only see the picture I put up. There are no Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:33:34 GMT hevelhorst http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6718 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6718 Just tried to upload one, Bruce....same problem...has to be a Yahoo problem, or particular to his group site....Any ideas, John?...cheers, LLoyd Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:15:06 GMT colsjt65 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6717 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6717 As you may have noticed, the log says that 5 new photos have been uploaded, but if you select the link it says there are none. That was me - I have tried to Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:38:05 GMT Grant Rombough http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6716 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6716 John, 35th Royal Sussexm wrote: "........ There's a 24th Regiment of Foot in Canada somewhere that has a rather snappy looking 1830's/pre-Victorian outfit. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:12:39 GMT the35thregiment@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6715 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6715 Hi Tim, Thank you for the wonderful links. I am a mad hatter myself: the things people have thought fit to put on their heads over time never ceases to Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:04:42 GMT karvinton@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6714 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6714 The info you sent out was very interesting. Thank you. Tony Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:31:21 GMT sjtlindsay http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6713 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6713 John: A couple of problems. First, what I understand to be the "belltop" shako is from an earlier era than ours. That is, assuming you mean this object: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:26:04 GMT John http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6712 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6712 Hello, I suppose this is aimed at Tim but anyone else who does Royal Marine in the belltop shako era. Would you be kind enough, when you get the time, to Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:21:15 GMT Todd Birch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6711 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6711 I just happen to have a run of paper cartridges under way for my .50 and .54 calibre '63 Sharps percussion rifles. I haven't used them in my Enfields to date, Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:53 GMT sjtlindsay http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6710 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6710 "Hogwash", "rubbish" and "nonsense". So, the jury's still out on this one, then? Ha! Thanks, all. And bejayzus, Grant, how did you ever find time to Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:53:29 GMT James Womack http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6709 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6709 This is more rubbish from self-appointed experts. Nitrate-treated paper was used in weapons using the cartridge as a whole (as the gutta percha case for the Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:13:33 GMT Grant Rombough http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6708 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6708 "I was informed .... that "all" period cartridges were made with nitrated paper to ensure they burned away." Pure and utter hogwash! I have never heard Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:03:04 GMT sjtlindsay http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6707 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/message/6707 And thanks to you as well, Steve. I am reassured that I have not been completely out to lunch all these years. Although it never hurts to reconfirm even the