What are those boxes called?

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Hi sorry for the cryptic subject line, but istr that the 'packing crates' MOD families are issued when they're about to move. You know the things, thin wooden boxes with some kind of tin around the corners a lid and a base - What are they called?
I've googled this for ages, and I can't remember what they're actually called.
Can anyone suggest any names or perhaps a google link?
Thanks.
I've googled this for ages, and I can't remember what they're actually called.
Can anyone suggest any names or perhaps a google link?
Thanks.
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http://www.woodenpackaging.co.uk/products.asp?c=241
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Dad would come in stick one on the landing and then we got down to boxing everything up. It would always amaze me how he could lift the thing when it was full of everything. I remember the things were packed, then a guy would come in check the M.S.Q whilst we stood around outside, then we all went on our way. Arrive at destination and the boxes would turn up again usually on time, sometimes not so we had to make do with 'odds and ends' until then.
They still use that little 'arrow' symbol on anything forces related?
I've still got 'trays' that I eat my food off of with that little arrow on, not to mention some cutlery all these years later.
Don't suppose anyone knows who makes the 'Almond Smelling' bug spray you used to get in the 80's do you? I had a can of that stuff last me a good 20 years, extremely effective substance and I've never found anything like it that's as effective.
Anyway, thanks for refreshing my memory and taking me back to my childhood.
That brings back a few memories.
I still use mine. my dad has his from the 60s and 70s still (and he retired 18 years ago).
the packing crate consisting of four sheets of plywood with bendy tin riveted joints, an interchangeable pair of lid and base, and fourscore half-inch screws. Of course, you always realise that you've packed something vital, just after you've tightened the ninety-fifth screw on the lid. ... of the tenth box...
Write the address of your posting on the outside, and it turned up at your new accommodation.... eventually!
Yes, you packed your family's entire belongings into a dozen crates, and went off to another country where you could march into a Married Quarter that was fully equipped.... Oh the memory's of moving every couple of years!!!
How i dont miss all that dam cleaning!!!
But thinking about it it could mean...
Military Flying Objects
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or more commonly known as Military F** Off Boxes.