Household cleaning
Sir: I was interested to read Sir Fitzroy Maclean's account of Evelyn Waugh's con- frontation with Marshal Tito, and in partic- ular with the item of equipment described as `SPURO' displayed as part of his Blues regalia (Letters, 8 August).
When I was in the sister regiment of the Household Cavalry we used to clean all metal parts of our equipment with Brasso. This included spurs. There may, of course, have been a particular brand of metal pol- ish available during the second world war used entirely or exclusively for polishing spurs, and, if there was, this must be what Sir Fitzroy is referring to, but I have never come across it.
However, from Sir Fitzroy's letter it is unclear whether Evelyn Waugh was actual- ly wearing spurs, and, if he was not, why would he have bothered to exhibit the pol- ish to Marshal Tito?
D.R. Strangwayes-Booth
Scotlands House, Warfield, Bracknell, Berkshire
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