I really like the idea of these.
As a young police Constable some 32 years ago! I worked at Sandringham House in Norfolk, protecting the Queen!
Life was very simple then, even though it was at the height of the troubles in Northern Ireland. We were equipped with radios that did not connect to the nearest police station & big torches on shoulder lanyards. No firearms, night vision aids or even side handled batons and CS spray! Just standard police uniform of the day, nylon blue shirts (yuk!) tunics, gannex coats (Look at pictures of Harold Wilson when he was Prime Minister) which were very waterproof, VERY long and bloody cold! As well as the best bit of kit ever, a heavy wool cape! Worked well in every type of weather, ideal when working as a guard, not so good when roughing it at a night club though!
I used to smoke those days and I can still remember the bliss of squatting down on my heels at the front door of Sandringham on a really frosty January night, with a cigarrette lit and held under the cape! I was toasty warm, it was like having my own personal central heating!
Really like some of the Half Moon stuff!
Alan L.