Thanks for the information. It may well have been the requetés that my friend was warned against dressing like.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Carlos Royo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 May 2005 21:29 > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: LONDON PDML 2005 more pics up > > Bob W escribió: > > That's interesting. A few years ago (in the 1980s) a friend of mine > > lived in San Sebastian (Donostia). She was told in no > uncertain terms > > not to wear her red beret because it reminded people of the Guardia > > Civil from the Franco era. > > > > The Guardia Civil has never worn green berets. In the old > times, they wore a shiny black leather hat known in Spanish > as "tricornio" (a three-cornered hat). In the last decades, > they have worn it only in parades. In the streets, they wear > a green military style cap, similar to the one worn by French > police, or a green beret, the members of special forces of > the Guardia Civil. > The red berets were worn by the "requetés", Carlist > volunteers of a right wing basque nationalist paramilitary > force who were some of the staunchest allies of Franco's > regime in the Spanish civil war and afterwards. > > Carlos > > > >
