Hendon

Cheers very much, can’t wait to get myself back there, won’t be too far away hopefully!

All that is left from LV907. Suppose they had the foresight to save her intact instead of cutting of the nose-art. That would make a fantastic sight being displayed next to S for Sugar (the Lanc in this case, not W1048)..

Alas.

Cheers

Cees

you need the car headlights to see the exhibits………. 😉

No no no, they are all the cars of visitors who arrived one day, and who all decided to wait there until the lighting and the food got better!

so – a new permanent set of exhibits then 🙂

Thanks Mike J.

No no no, they are all the cars of visitors who arrived one day, and who all decided to wait there until the lighting and the food got better!

Car park outside was full springs to mind !! 😀

RE: Hendon

😀 Very good!

This ridiculous situation with such a fine warbird being made to look so daft has to be remedied though-and think of the costs for the museum, keeping the Lanc up on that perch-have they no idea how much seed a Lancaster can eat in a day?!

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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 11-10-02 AT 00:51 AM (GMT)]Once upon a time there was a young Camel. He was a good looking fellow and all the other Camel’s remarked that he had the biggest and bestest hump of any Camel that anyone had ever seen. Many years later that Camel with the finest hump found himself retired. He took up residence in a museum where all the public could come along and gaze in wonderment at his magnificent hump
One day the Camel with the magnificent hump heard tell of a big bird that had got stuck on a perch. Worried over the plight of a fellow resident of the museum it rushed across to the home of the big bird, a place called “The Bomber Hall” in order to lend moral support only to find Lancman already there surveying the situation.
What he saw made him very embarrased and sad. His title of the finest ever pacoderm was gone and he decided to hide under the big bird in shame.
What had upset our friend the ship of the desert??,
It was the sight of the big bird stuck on the perch…….It had given Lancman an even bigger “HUMP” than the CAMEL !!!!!!!!!!!!! 😉

RE: Food near aviation museums

Well I dont tend to care too much if i dont like a nosh place I dont go in it. I was thinking more in terms of attracting visitors, ie general public.

At Hendon you can go to one of the dozens of cafes nearby, so its no problem.

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The Cafe/restaraunt at Tangmere is always good.The cafe itself is a bit small but you could say that just makes it cosy.They do a good pie and chips,and you can even get a sunday roast (on a sunday,naturally),all at a good price.There’s also The Bader Arms just down the road,but each time I’ve been there it’s been closed,so can’t tell you what it’s like.

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With the greatest of respect the cafe at Newark is more than acceptable !! I have used it for the last three years and I have never found it wanting. It’s worth pointing out that it’s a cafe not
a restaurant so expect according to title. I went to a lovely pub in Collingham near Newark which is good for fine fare.
As a point if I have travelled a couple of hours to see a museum,
the food is usually the last thing on my mind !!!!
You make the point that Cranwell is good for Kit Kats – well how many visitors do they have a day??? Are they going to cover their costs with a full blown cafe ???

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Have Newark improved?

I’m not too fussy about tea in foam cups, served in a derelict shed, but I think its a marketing disaster. (love the museum though)

East Kirkbys NAFI is nice.

Anyone going to the film show Satarday?

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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 08-10-02 AT 03:35 PM (GMT)]Places to avoid.

Well…

I remember last time I went to the Paris Airshow we went out for the night in the Pigalle district of the city.

Having amused ourselves in various bars and shops with the weirdest selection of ladies clothing we’ve ever seen (It must get very hot in Paris sometimes judging by all the extra ventilation holes the ladies seem to need) it started to rain.

So there was this nice little bar down a side street, very cosy it was issuing a sort of cheery red glow from all the lights and things. We went in, just to shelter from the rain and order a taxi.

Well, do you know? Once we got inside there was a bar lady, and two others who obviously were locals – well they couldn’t have walked very far in the outfits they were wearing, what with those big spiky heels and stuff.

Squiffy and I sat down on what I am told is called a bonkette, next to these nice ladies, whilst my buddy Lofty, whose wife has x-ray vision that stretches over 250 miles as the vulture flies, perched on the stool furthest away from them just in case. (We aren’t sure ‘in-case’ of what, but Lofty’s wife had told him some lurid tales of what happens to husbands who go into clubs in the back streets of Pigalle and he seemed a little nervous from the way he was sitting with his legs tightly crossed and everything.)

The two ladies were ever so friendly, but were pretty obviously a bit down on their luck, since not only could they not afford much in the way of clothing, but they hadn’t enough money to pay for their round. 🙁 Squiffy just kept on buying them instead. Mind you I reckon if they’d spent a bit less at Boots make-up counter they could have bought us a pint or two of wallop with what they saved.

The taxi Lofty phoned for took a long time to arrive and, obviously embarrassed by not having the money to buy drinks the two ladies kept suggesting that we could sleep there instead of going back to our hotel. I think they were probably going to give up there own beds for us. And then where would they have slept?

So we couldn’t take advantage of the poor unfortunates and said that it was very nice of them but we had to get back to our hotel for an early start in the morning.

They were very friendly there, but it has to be said the drinks were terribly expensive and we wouldn’t go back again.

My chum Squiffy said that if he’d played his cards right he reckoned the one he was talking to might have gone to the pictures with him or even for a meal, but I reckon old Squiffy was fooling himself, he’s not much of a catch.

Moggy

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Cranwells musuem is great but unless you want Kit Kats take a packed Lunch.

Any definite “avoids?”

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Well for good eating places near Duxford I recommend the Jade Fountain in Sawston for fantastic Chinese food…but not cheap…also in Sawston is Jack’s Fish and Chip Bar which does excellent fish and chips…

I hear the Red Lion at Whittlesford is said to do very good food but I would avoid the three pubs in Duxford village…service is somewhat lacking and the food is not that great either…

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Talking of good places perhaps sombody should compile a site of good places to eat as opposed to the overpriced places provided by museums. Often they are only minutes away.

I remember an excited spokesman saying how he was going to build a new toilet block and cafe – in a world where the only early Victor is crying out for attention 🙁

Newark – now that suffers! And east Kirkby both having nothing.

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Anybody else eaten at the pub outside the Bungay & Flixton Museum in Norfolk?

Their megaburgers have to be sampled to be believed. Thoroughly recommended and a worthwhile museum to visit too.

Moggy

RE: Hendon

Yes, I mean, when you enquire about the times that food is served to the people on the desk at the BoB hall, and they laugh and tell you to not bother as the food is massively over-priced, lower than hospital quality rubbish, then you know it’s bad!

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Yeah, and Oriental city is good too. Top notch oriental food for nect to nothing. Just up the road near ASDA on Edgware road.