My nieces. See if you can guess which one aspires to be a pink princess, and which one will be appearing on posters in post offices near you.
They're nice keepsakes Matt, is guardsman Carew a relative of yours? I've got a pilot's handbook of a late mark, night fighter Mosquito I'm very fond of and a complete electrical systems manual from Handley Page for the Victor complete with coloured pencil colouring that was issued to Jeanette's dad when he was in the RAF.
No relative mate just a old guy I used to know gave it to me. He never said if it was his But he was in his late 90's 20 years ago
I doubt the HMS Raleigh hand book's changed much, to be honest. Pride of place on my book shelves is a complete set of the 1950's Eagle annuals from 50 to 59. A friend of mine works for an auction house and they never met their reserve so he got them for a fiver. I gave him a tenner and he balked that he was stitching me up!