Read all of your comments with a great deal of interest . Been around here since 2009 and I’ve seen this forum run in cycles. Everything from scads of members to “ We few band of brothers”. If I had to try and to put some reasoning behind the rise and fall in membership I would attribute it to a couple of things .
1. We are no longer a “Vintage Jacket Forum”
We are essentially a repro jacket forum with an occasional vintage jacket popping up now and then.
2. When I first joined the forum, this was the place to come to for outstanding technical information on military jackets . There history, their makers history, stories about the development of the companies, locations of building, stories about people who worked there, etc. just go back about 7 or 8 years ago and compare the types of posts related to these subjects compared to what’s being posted today. We had comparisons of different contracts with photos to support the comparisons . Unfortunately today it’s mostly looking at recent repro purchases and posting a few oohs and ahhs. Nothing technical or really informative and interesting. I’m as guilty of this as anyone. I used to try to post those types of technical data posts with photos but I’ve gotten lazy. So that’s my opinion and take on the matter.
Sadly those who were really the main stay of the early “Vintage” jacket forum have long since moved on . So now it comes down to how to fix it? Unfortunately… I don’t know the answer. Maybe let’s try going back 7 or 8 years ago and finding some of those old posts and reposting them for the newer guys, so that they can get an idea of just how great this forum once was !!