Whithwick, how was it?

Hi Cees,

Funnily enough, I logged on with the intention of posting an update to last week’s thread, but you beat me to it.

Firstly the aerojumble. Well, I think most who were there would confirm it as being down in attendance yet again, both stall holders and customers.

One or two traders I know had domestic reasons for being unable to attend. Dave F did a good job of advertising it, as usual, so where were the customers? Even some of the forum regulars were noticeable by their absence. (That said, there seemed to be some new faces amongst them, which is encouraging).

There were some real bargains, but I missed them all. A pal picked up a beautiful pre-war Huson compass and several other goodies, for example. I had decided to part with one of my mint, boxed G type oxygen masks, but no-one seemed to even notice it on the stall. Ken Ward was selling part of the Flight Engineer’s panel from a Lanc X (incomplete, but how rare is that?). I think he took it home with him.

Still, it’s the Popham combined fly-in, auto and aerojumble, and classic vehicle rally, etc on Bank Holiday Monday. With good weather, it’s a brilliant event, and there’s usually some great stuff to be found there, too.

Back to Whitwick, “you know who” was there, and took away some wartime spec. nuts for the throttle box. I have to confess that time to chat about the project was limited due to me being interrupted by a steady flow of enquiries.

I’m going to arrange a visit to the Memorial Room at Elsham Wolds, of which “ykw”, aka Robin, is curator:-

http://rafelshamwolds.com/

I’ll be able to view progress then. Meantime, try to get some sleep, Cees – it might be a long wait, but worth it in the end!