Your civil defense helmet reminded me of a time around 1956 or 7 I was 13 years old and living in California on the coast. It was shortly after WW II and the threat of an attack from offshore was real. The OCD, Office of Civil Defense, had a watchtower I my neighborhood. I volunteered to man the tower one day a week. It was my duty to observe and report any aircraft or ocean going vessel. I had to give descriptions, headings and speed as best as I could judge. After a year I was awarded a set of wings as a lapel pin. I'd forgotten all about that. Thanks for reminding me.
John, this brought good memories of my paternal grandfather. For the latter part of the war, he was the Civil Defense leader for a 20 mile stretch of the Oregon coast which was still unpopulated then. He, my father, and my uncles and others in that area provided 7x24 search and look out duty. People today might not appreciate that the concern of sighting enemy ships, or submarine and espionage activity was very real then. I have their medals for thousands of hours of volunteer work. There were also blimps from near Tillamook that did similar work over the first few miles of ocean, especially over inlets, bay, and harbors. All those boys went on to serve during the Korean war. Proud of them.
Thanks John, this was very interesting to me, the cold war always seemed to us more prominent in Europe (despite the obvious issue of Cuba) so it's an education to see the real concern of ordinary people in the US and the authorities, scary times for many ! My wife and I have been watching a series about the Reagan era and the real threat of escalation and it was a big part of our lives in the mid 80s ! Your restoration was spot on, great tips on assessing products and going easy with the cleaning up, the result was excellent !
I'm old enough to remember (clearly) all of the History Buffs portion. I was an Army brat (very early teens) in Germany during the Berlin crisis, the Bay of Pigs crisis, the Kennedy assassination, and of course the nuclear war silliness which included sheltering under school room desks, etc.
It’s amazing the history you experienced through life- We are going through some amazing history right now too. I was only a year old when Kennedy was assonated but I remember everyone knew where they were when they heard the news. Similar to 9-11. When we look back at life so many events that happened… 😃👍
The under the desk routine, I remember that, about all it accomplished was saving us from the steady death drone of the listening to a teacher I had at the time, you had to fight to stay awake in the class! 😮😊. Nice job on the helmet, came out nice. As far as welding, well, I spent many hours under a weld helmet/shield, it is an art, it requires a lot of knowledge and a good skill set, with a want to improve that skill set, when people tell me they can weld, well let’s just say I give them the look like that little dog you show periodically, you know the one “yeah right, what ever you say” look!!😂😂😂 thanks for the video, enjoyed watching sir.8
I remember seeing the Fallout Shelter signs in each of the schools I went to. Nice job on the CD helmet, Scout. Looking back, it is amazing what the state of our country was like in the early cold war days. 😀👍
Another great show, Scout. It really hit home for me as I grew up in the late 50's and thru the 60's and remember the duck and cover drills we practiced in school, the CD signs and instructions found in public buildings, and our next door neighbor who was a mason and built a fallout shelter behind his home. It fascinated us kids no end watching him build the structure from start to finish. It's still there today and the current owner uses it as a combination workshop and man cave.
Nice restoration on the CD helmet. Those pics of the kids under their desks brought back lots of memories from the fifties. I never was quite sure why we were doing that drill but enjoyed missing math! My father had me and my two brothers digging a fallout shelter in the side yard but eventually gave up on it and had us cover it up. I realized he was just keeping us out of his hair!
Those clean up tips would have saved me much effort restoring a vintage Stanley thermos picnic jug. Simple steps several of which I completely overlooked. Thanks once again for such useful information!
You did the helmet justice, nice save. I remember grammar school (camp Koehler grounds) where we got under our desks and the teacher closed the food and closed the drapes. Our neighbor had a bomb shelter under there garage that the government built. Oh I remember a big tower close to the school to detect unwanted aircraft. That was yesteryear.
WOW!! great work on the Civil Defense helmet. In addition, that you for the historic recordings and the saying from Theodore Roosevelt. The temps here have been down to 18 at night.
Hey John , Nice touch mounted on the skull 😃👍 my first brick laying was in the BACK garden 😂on a bbq.. took my probably 10 times longer than a brick layer would .. it’s since been scrapped, but I learned a lot .. mainly leave it to the pros 😂 great video, cheers Rob
Nice job John. You are spot on about trying something new as well. I learned the hard way that when taking on a house repainting job, that it is better to start at the back yard side first. I am a carpenter/builder, not a painter but I thought I could save my grandparents some money by painting their house for them. By the time I reached the front, it was quite good looking. The back, not so much.
Greg- It always takes a little while to get into the groove. I used to joke that when double brakes or ball joints the first one takes you 50 minutes and the second takes 15. 😂👍
@ John, so true. My challenge has always been that I am impatient. My current solution is to stop, take a break for a coffee or something and then go back to the task. Sometimes bit might need van overnight break. If I don’t, I am likely to get cranky and break something. :-)
The helmet looks great and i am impressed that all it took was soap and water, Comet and paste wax! Thanks for sharing this and the speech by President Kennedy and the Civil Defense.
What an awesome video! I can remember being quietly terrified over the colored tags we were shown @ school. Each color signified a particular neighborhood, imprinted with your address. They were to be tied on our clothing in case we had to leave school in an emergency. We were directed to go straight home, by the shortest route, and to go to any house if we couldn't make it home. We were trained for things dropping out of the sky, unlike today where the kids are trained for mass shooters. Crazy stuff, for sure.
Nice job on that helmet. I have a bunch of transistor radios with the marks on 640 and 1240. I have one of those yellow CD transceivers that was part of the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service.
Awesome job on the helmet. I recall having to climb under my desk at school during the air raid drills back in the late 1960's and early 1970's. While in elementary school.
Nice job on the helmet it looks real nice. I remember when I was in school they used to test the air raid sirens every so often and we had to get underneath the desk when they did that.
Nice job on the helmet John! I really enjoyed the last part too. I remember having to get under our desk at school too lol😂. ( Like that was really going to save us )😂😂😂 Thank You for sharing
CONELRAD! That's a term I haven't heard since I was a little kid. Had to look it up since I forgot what it stood for. "CD" in 2024 sure has a different meaning than it did back then.
Hi John, sounds like our weather is similar. We went down to 28 last night. Burrrr. It was cool over the weekend with highs in the low 40’s. I remember doing the duck and cover drills in second grade. We did them under our desks and in hallways with windows where we had to duck under the window part. Nice CD helmet job. It goes perfect with your Geiger Counter. I guess when the SHTD, you are all set. Best Regards, John
Nice helmet work. I had forgotten about the two marks on radio dials for CD. Did lots of duck and cover drills during Cuban Missle Crisis, living right next to a major USAF base and the Norfolk Naval Base just across the bay from us. I recall having nightmares of nuclear holocost.
Nice work on that helmet john. I believe we are the same age. I can remember doing the duck and cover under our desks and in the hallways at school. Fun but scary times, like now. 😃👍🏻🇺🇲
Another great episode, I’m was in elementary school and middle school in the 2000’s and we still practiced the bomb routine in the hallways with out hands on our heads. We also had a teacher that would demonstrate the effect of a bombing by having us hide under our desks, as he threw heavy textbooks on the top.
Such a satisfying clean up 🤩 to see love it 👍 and yes so right about criticism on concrete work my father is a retired mason and used to do beautiful work back in the day but when I was a kid and if we happened to pass by someone doing a job I would always hear about it and seldom did he say wow they did a nice job 😂
I remember when I was a kid, we had food in steel containers down in the basement. We practiced duck and cover at school. Great job on the helmet. Have a great day
I am a duck and cover kid. I remember hearing the CD siren tested monthly. I thought it was a cool sound. Nice video. Love your posts, but sad Tub o Towels did not make the video.
Excellent job on that helmet! And I think you picked the right orientation for the front, my gut tells me that the front brim would have more chipped/worn paint because it was handled more putting it on and taking it off, just a theory though 👍🏻
Another great video in the can, ScoutCrafter! 👍🏻 The cleanup of the Civil Defense helmet turned out quite nice. Given the current state of world affairs I kinda wish we still had the Civil Defense program in place. 😅
Being a kid in So.Cal. in the late 50's, early 60's, to this day the voice saying THIS IS CONELRAD is still so damn depressing....P.S.- I think most kids at school knew the lucky ones would be vaporized instantly, while most people in the greater Los Angeles area would burn to death with the fire storms. Childhood memories...
The hard part about brick work is keeping from smearing cement on the face of the brick. Arches are usually done by using a semi circular form to hold the bricks up until the mortar sets. Looks like your neighbor laid his form out with a giant French curve rather than a compass
There is a good chance there is lead in the paint on the helmet which affects the color, no new paint will look the same. The paint is super durable. I love the water cans they are great for iron and wood scraps.
Maybe I've made my stance on skulls a bit to clear😅 I have a neighbor who was in the French Foreign Legion, he has a skull ring he is very proud of (from his division I think), I just had to carefully say how I feel about skulls😂
@@mumfordalien1794 You’re absolutely right, they use a lot of their old songs with French lyrics instead as well. The use of the dead head ring came from them too, his is definately newer though. I think he lost his first on (got stolen) and was given a replacement.
I started school in 1963 and don’t remember ever having duck & cover drills. I guess my elementary school was run by a bunch of closet commies😉 My wife does remember them from the schools she went to. Her parents even modified part of their basement to be a bomb shelter. In the neighborhood where I grew up, the Civil Defense unit became a volunteer fire department after World War II. It was active until 1968. After that the fire truck would only be used for the Memorial day parade and to bring Santa Claus to the Silvermine Tavern on Christmas Eve.
Nice reconditioning. Personally I think the Civil Defense should come back and dump the replacement as it carries to much baggage. There use to be a video of a town going through a drill and the Boy Scouts were used as message runners. This one of NYC makes me laugh. Not sure if it would work today. ua-cam.com/video/sb-BPI0bgqs/v-deo.htmlsi=ZVuIWYurgoPbxSVI
Philip you’re absolutely right- It’s very easy for these Government agencies to just become money pits. That video of NYC’s CD drill was amazing. Slightly different demographics now here in the city. 😂👍
would u dare wear that when out on your rounds ? seem to recall my uncle having a fireman helmet bit like it he also had a brass bell he had by his chair ,he sawed off his firetruck
George- Unfortunately I deleted a section of video showing me applying the sticker! 🫣 I just wiped the area with denatured alcohol where I applied the sticker then waxed over the sticker and area. Personally I prefer water slide decals and vinyl however these were regular stickers. My procedure normally is polish- Alcohol decal area- Wax entire item. 😃👍
@@ScoutCrafter Thats the way that steel pots are supposed to be. I heard that the plastic ones were even heavier. I never wore a helmet after my year as a PL. Good Luck, Rick
When I was a child I lived in south London , I remember they told us at school if the sirens go off get under your desk . Later on I found out my school was in the complete annihilation zone if a nuke dropped . Don’t think that old school desk was going save me 😂😂😂
I did d a flagstone patio and a brick wall. It took me all summer and you can tell Harry Homeowner did it. You’re right. It’s an art. It’s also extremely hard work. That’s a Pith helmet. In the jungle It keeps the monkey pith off your head.😉🤪😜😄
Your civil defense helmet reminded me of a time around 1956 or 7 I was 13 years old and living in California on the coast. It was shortly after WW II and the threat of an attack from offshore was real. The OCD, Office of Civil Defense, had a watchtower I my neighborhood. I volunteered to man the tower one day a week. It was my duty to observe and report any aircraft or ocean going vessel. I had to give descriptions, headings and speed as best as I could judge. After a year I was awarded a set of wings as a lapel pin. I'd forgotten all about that. Thanks for reminding me.
Steve- Times were different back then. You earned your keep- outstanding. Thanks! 😃👍
John, this brought good memories of my paternal grandfather. For the latter part of the war, he was the Civil Defense leader for a 20 mile stretch of the Oregon coast which was still unpopulated then. He, my father, and my uncles and others in that area provided 7x24 search and look out duty. People today might not appreciate that the concern of sighting enemy ships, or submarine and espionage activity was very real then. I have their medals for thousands of hours of volunteer work. There were also blimps from near Tillamook that did similar work over the first few miles of ocean, especially over inlets, bay, and harbors. All those boys went on to serve during the Korean war. Proud of them.
Those volunteers really were unsung heroes. Selflessness was truly a virtue that needs to come back. 😃👍
There is nothing better than a new ScoutCrafter video.
You said it!
Thanks John, this was very interesting to me, the cold war always seemed to us more prominent in Europe (despite the obvious issue of Cuba) so it's an education to see the real concern of ordinary people in the US and the authorities, scary times for many ! My wife and I have been watching a series about the Reagan era and the real threat of escalation and it was a big part of our lives in the mid 80s ! Your restoration was spot on, great tips on assessing products and going easy with the cleaning up, the result was excellent !
I'm old enough to remember (clearly) all of the History Buffs portion. I was an Army brat (very early teens) in Germany during the Berlin crisis, the Bay of Pigs crisis, the Kennedy assassination, and of course the nuclear war silliness which included sheltering under school room desks, etc.
It’s amazing the history you experienced through life- We are going through some amazing history right now too. I was only a year old when Kennedy was assonated but I remember everyone knew where they were when they heard the news. Similar to 9-11. When we look back at life so many events that happened…
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The under the desk routine, I remember that, about all it accomplished was saving us from the steady death drone of the listening to a teacher I had at the time, you had to fight to stay awake in the class! 😮😊. Nice job on the helmet, came out nice. As far as welding, well, I spent many hours under a weld helmet/shield, it is an art, it requires a lot of knowledge and a good skill set, with a want to improve that skill set, when people tell me they can weld, well let’s just say I give them the look like that little dog you show periodically, you know the one “yeah right, what ever you say” look!!😂😂😂 thanks for the video, enjoyed watching sir.8
Terry- Bomb threats, fire drills and seeing the TV set in front of the room were always pleasant distractions. 😂👍
I remember seeing the Fallout Shelter signs in each of the schools I went to. Nice job on the CD helmet, Scout. Looking back, it is amazing what the state of our country was like in the early cold war days. 😀👍
Another great show, Scout. It really hit home for me as I grew up in the late 50's and thru the 60's and remember the duck and cover drills we practiced in school, the CD signs and instructions found in public buildings, and our next door neighbor who was a mason and built a fallout shelter behind his home. It fascinated us kids no end watching him build the structure from start to finish. It's still there today and the current owner uses it as a combination workshop and man cave.
Honestly I would love to build something out of brick before I die. Back in the 50’s building a brick barbecue in the backyard was popular. 😃👍
Nice restoration on the CD helmet. Those pics of the kids under their desks brought back lots of memories from the fifties. I never was quite sure why we were doing that drill but enjoyed missing math! My father had me and my two brothers digging a fallout shelter in the side yard but eventually gave up on it and had us cover it up. I realized he was just keeping us out of his hair!
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Those clean up tips would have saved me much effort restoring a vintage Stanley thermos picnic jug. Simple steps several of which I completely overlooked. Thanks once again for such useful information!
You did the helmet justice, nice save. I remember grammar school (camp Koehler grounds) where we got under our desks and the teacher closed the food and closed the drapes. Our neighbor had a bomb shelter under there garage that the government built. Oh I remember a big tower close to the school to detect unwanted aircraft. That was yesteryear.
Jess- those drills were exciting as a kid- better than learning! 😂👍
WOW!! great work on the Civil Defense helmet. In addition, that you for the historic recordings and the saying from Theodore Roosevelt.
The temps here have been down to 18 at night.
I’m ok with anything above freezing- Teens and single digits always give me anxiety. 😃👍
@@ScoutCrafter I understand, those temps (below freezing) gives me the shivers.
Another great show! And I would put mudding or plaster work above welding. Now that’s an art!
Crappy sheet rock practically killed that trade. 😃👍
Hey John , Nice touch mounted on the skull 😃👍 my first brick laying was in the BACK garden 😂on a bbq.. took my probably 10 times longer than a brick layer would .. it’s since been scrapped, but I learned a lot .. mainly leave it to the pros 😂 great video, cheers Rob
Rob- Brickwork looks so easy until you lay three rows and see it doesn’t look just right. 🫣😂👍
Nice job John. You are spot on about trying something new as well. I learned the hard way that when taking on a house repainting job, that it is better to start at the back yard side first. I am a carpenter/builder, not a painter but I thought I could save my grandparents some money by painting their house for them. By the time I reached the front, it was quite good looking. The back, not so much.
Greg- It always takes a little while to get into the groove. I used to joke that when double brakes or ball joints the first one takes you 50 minutes and the second takes 15. 😂👍
@ John, so true. My challenge has always been that I am impatient. My current solution is to stop, take a break for a coffee or something and then go back to the task. Sometimes bit might need van overnight break. If I don’t, I am likely to get cranky and break something. :-)
The helmet looks great and i am impressed that all it took was soap and water, Comet and paste wax! Thanks for sharing this and the speech by President Kennedy and the Civil Defense.
Boy whod a thought that white was under there! Looks great now, I think your boney friend will love it 😂
Best show.Because you can learn so many things...
What an awesome video! I can remember being quietly terrified over the colored tags we were shown @ school. Each color signified a particular neighborhood, imprinted with your address. They were to be tied on our clothing in case we had to leave school in an emergency. We were directed to go straight home, by the shortest route, and to go to any house if we couldn't make it home. We were trained for things dropping out of the sky, unlike today where the kids are trained for mass shooters. Crazy stuff, for sure.
It’s always something- From birth to death there is always something to worry about. I can’t even sit on a beach with fearing a Tsunami! 🫣😂👍
@ScoutCrafter lol
Nice job on that helmet. I have a bunch of transistor radios with the marks on 640 and 1240. I have one of those yellow CD transceivers that was part of the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service.
Fred- Ever since you showed your Gonset Communicator I’ve been searching for one! 😂👍
John, they're out there but not cheap. Mine is 2 meters AM. If I decide to sell it I will let you know first. Meanwhile I'll keep my eye open for you.
The place I worked at for 40 years was a designated fall out shelter. We had pallets of the survival kits in the warehouse. Thanks for the video.
Tony- Those were always so cool- My school had stuff that was there for decades! 😂👍
Awesome job on the helmet. I recall having to climb under my desk at school during the air raid drills back in the late 1960's and early 1970's. While in elementary school.
Might want to hang on to that lid john, the way things are going.
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Nice job on the helmet it looks real nice. I remember when I was in school they used to test the air raid sirens every so often and we had to get underneath the desk when they did that.
That siren sounded so cool! 😂👍
Nice job on the helmet John! I really enjoyed the last part too. I remember having to get under our desk at school too lol😂.
( Like that was really going to save us )😂😂😂
Thank You for sharing
CONELRAD! That's a term I haven't heard since I was a little kid. Had to look it up since I forgot what it stood for.
"CD" in 2024 sure has a different meaning than it did back then.
Hi John, sounds like our weather is similar. We went down to 28 last night. Burrrr. It was cool over the weekend with highs in the low 40’s. I remember doing the duck and cover drills in second grade. We did them under our desks and in hallways with windows where we had to duck under the window part. Nice CD helmet job. It goes perfect with your Geiger Counter. I guess when the SHTD, you are all set.
Best Regards,
John
John- I think I would prefer a construction hard hat, these helmets are bulky and heavy! 🫣😂👍
Nice helmet work. I had forgotten about the two marks on radio dials for CD. Did lots of duck and cover drills during Cuban Missle Crisis, living right next to a major USAF base and the Norfolk Naval Base just across the bay from us. I recall having nightmares of nuclear holocost.
Brian- It was a scary time! Now they have the kids worrying about Climate Change!
Nice work on that helmet john. I believe we are the same age. I can remember doing the duck and cover under our desks and in the hallways at school. Fun but scary times, like now. 😃👍🏻🇺🇲
Absolutely! 😃👍
Another great episode, I’m was in elementary school and middle school in the 2000’s and we still practiced the bomb routine in the hallways with out hands on our heads. We also had a teacher that would demonstrate the effect of a bombing by having us hide under our desks, as he threw heavy textbooks on the top.
Today they have students panicking over climate change. It’s always something! 😃👍
Great video John, Tell your cats that their Christmas treats are coming !
Hi Dean! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Best of health and happiness to you!!! 😃👍
You did a great job on that helmet. I have one of those radiation detectors and some fallout shelter signs.
Paul- don’t put the sign outside or you might have company during a catastrophe. 😂👍
Hi John. Great job on that C D helmet. My feeling is that if things don't change. We may be going back to those days 😢.God help us all. 👍👍❤🙏🙏.
Watching that clip from back then reminds me of how tough people were , can you imagine doing that now with all the snowflakes
I don’t recall ducking under desks, but I clearly recall every Monday at 1pm the air raid sirens would be tested.
Love those siren sounds. 😃👍
Such a satisfying clean up 🤩 to see love it 👍 and yes so right about criticism on concrete work my father is a retired mason and used to do beautiful work back in the day but when I was a kid and if we happened to pass by someone doing a job I would always hear about it and seldom did he say wow they did a nice job 😂
Ken- When you see a great concrete job is a thing of beauty. 😃👍
@ yes indeed
I remember when I was a kid, we had food in steel containers down in the basement. We practiced duck and cover at school. Great job on the helmet. Have a great day
I am a duck and cover kid. I remember hearing the CD siren tested monthly. I thought it was a cool sound. Nice video. Love your posts, but sad Tub o Towels did not make the video.
I always liked the sound of those sirens.
John, I've been following an old-school mason's channel for years. I think you'll like his approach. Mike Haduck Masonry.
Excellent job on that helmet! And I think you picked the right orientation for the front, my gut tells me that the front brim would have more chipped/worn paint because it was handled more putting it on and taking it off, just a theory though 👍🏻
I thought the same thing- Nobody ever handles the rear brim. 😂👍
Great project. Stamp at the back was the way to go. Keep up the great work.
I like the saying, everyone waits on concrete, but concrete waits on no one 😂. Cheers
Turned out awesome! If you like war history check out the fat electrian
Jimmy!! 😃👍
Definitely a Cold Snap, stay warm guys! Very cool helmet and good tips on staying away from concrete and masonry unless you’re a pro.
great show, see ya Friday...thxs for sharing
Yes it did John.
Another great video in the can, ScoutCrafter! 👍🏻 The cleanup of the Civil Defense helmet turned out quite nice. Given the current state of world affairs I kinda wish we still had the Civil Defense program in place. 😅
The helmet came out great! 👍
Bombproof Desk 💣💥
Great video scout
Meguirs cleaner wax would have been the best to use, treat it like a car paint you're trying to restore.
I've done a lot of classic car restorations.
Amazing restoration. Where did you find these helmets the first place?
Ralph- For the life of me I can’t remember but I do know I’m too frugal to pay more than $20! 🫣😂👍
I love your channel
The Fisher space pen is the only pen that won’t let you down. Good choices!
If that was my helmet, I would wear it everywhere. I would also wear a whistle around my neck. As I get older, I really don’t care what people think.
John- Isn’t it great to be at that point- It took me 60 years to not care about opinions. When I was 12 it was just the opposite. 😂👍
Being a kid in So.Cal. in the late 50's, early 60's, to this day the voice saying THIS IS CONELRAD is still so damn depressing....P.S.- I think most kids at school knew the lucky ones would be vaporized instantly, while most people in the greater Los Angeles area would burn to death with the fire storms. Childhood memories...
Glad you that you were able to save the original paint
The helmet came out great!
Yes! I know his channel- He’s a musician too- believe it or not I found him from a sailing video! 😃👍
The guy building the arch must have been confused between "Done Fast or Done Right"
Bill- It would be impossible for me to pass it and not look!! 😂👍
@ScoutCrafter Yup, just the opposite of 'Eye Candy'...you just gotta look.
The hard part about brick work is keeping from smearing cement on the face of the brick. Arches are usually done by using a semi circular form to hold the bricks up until the mortar sets. Looks like your neighbor laid his form out with a giant French curve rather than a compass
There is a good chance there is lead in the paint on the helmet which affects the color, no new paint will look the same. The paint is super durable. I love the water cans they are great for iron and wood scraps.
Maybe I've made my stance on skulls a bit to clear😅 I have a neighbor who was in the French Foreign Legion, he has a skull ring he is very proud of (from his division I think), I just had to carefully say how I feel about skulls😂
A lot of former SS went into the French Foreign legion, I wonder if it’s possible that deaths head ring of his is an old hand me down 🤷🏻
😂😂😂😂👍. Alex I bet you had a good laugh! 😂👍
@@mumfordalien1794 You’re absolutely right, they use a lot of their old songs with French lyrics instead as well. The use of the dead head ring came from them too, his is definately newer though. I think he lost his first on (got stolen) and was given a replacement.
@@alexstoolswow, just wow. What a crazy world we live in eh?
Nice job John
I started school in 1963 and don’t remember ever having duck & cover drills. I guess my elementary school was run by a bunch of closet commies😉 My wife does remember them from the schools she went to. Her parents even modified part of their basement to be a bomb shelter.
In the neighborhood where I grew up, the Civil Defense unit became a volunteer fire department after World War II. It was active until 1968. After that the fire truck would only be used for the Memorial day parade and to bring Santa Claus to the Silvermine Tavern on Christmas Eve.
I love those videos where people find a bomb shelter in their backyard they never knew existed. 😃👍
Great video
The OCD in the helmet is probably Office of Civil Defense.
Nice reconditioning. Personally I think the Civil Defense should come back and dump the replacement as it carries to much baggage. There use to be a video of a town going through a drill and the Boy Scouts were used as message runners. This one of NYC makes me laugh. Not sure if it would work today. ua-cam.com/video/sb-BPI0bgqs/v-deo.htmlsi=ZVuIWYurgoPbxSVI
Philip you’re absolutely right- It’s very easy for these Government agencies to just become money pits. That video of NYC’s CD drill was amazing. Slightly different demographics now here in the city. 😂👍
would u dare wear that when out on your rounds ? seem to recall my uncle having a fireman helmet bit like it he also had a brass bell he had by his chair ,he sawed off his firetruck
This CD helmet is heavy, awkward and uncomfortable! 🫣😂👍
Question. Putting a decal on a waxed surface? Good, bad, or doesn't matter? Thanks for the video. Truly appreciated.
George- Unfortunately I deleted a section of video showing me applying the sticker! 🫣 I just wiped the area with denatured alcohol where I applied the sticker then waxed over the sticker and area. Personally I prefer water slide decals and vinyl however these were regular stickers. My procedure normally is polish- Alcohol decal area- Wax entire item. 😃👍
I thought that the WWII CD helmets were repurposed WWI helmets. Good Luck, Rick
Rick- Wherever they came from the helmets were very uncomfortable, heavy and bulky. 🫣😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter Thats the way that steel pots are supposed to be. I heard that the plastic ones were even heavier. I never wore a helmet after my year as a PL. Good Luck, Rick
When I was a child I lived in south London , I remember they told us at school if the sirens go off get under your desk . Later on I found out my school was in the complete annihilation zone if a nuke dropped . Don’t think that old school desk was going save me 😂😂😂
I live about a mile from ground zero NYC- The aftermath is just as bad as the detonation! 🫣😂👍
And don't forget to close your eyes HOUGIE eagle
I did d a flagstone patio and a brick wall. It took me all summer and you can tell Harry Homeowner did it. You’re right. It’s an art. It’s also extremely hard work.
That’s a Pith helmet. In the jungle It keeps the monkey pith off your head.😉🤪😜😄
Concrete work looks so simple yet ten minutes into the job you realize how deceptively hard it is. 🫣😂👍
Boom
John, Are you trying to tell us something?
I’m at ground zero no helmet will help. 😂👍
I think you should wear it when you go on your night time. Poor man's flea market😮🤪
Have a Jesus filled day everyone
Greg in Michigan
What happened to your flag today? To cold to raise it?
I only put it up today at 2pm- It was very windy last night and the flag was taking a beating. 😂👍
What about cardiac surgery? Do you recommend learning that skill by trial and error? 😂
Yes! Practicing on cadavers and models first is mandatory. 😃👍
I like the skull with the helmet on. Looks like he got nuked, but had his helmet on as instructed ! Lol. ⛑️👍👏