Twas a Spitfire, or at least the one that came over me at that time (returning home) was

Pete, have you never been to Brentwood? Btw the Thermos (flask) factory was just off the high st now a Sainsburys) not sure if it was going during the first world war, but one can understand the military significance ,of denying the population ,a hot cup of char whilst picnicing !!

Surely thats the wrong placard on the map case, I would have thought “keep lid closed to avoid maps falling out when inverted” would be more apt…

Thanks guys

Just to add my own views, yellow is a notoriously see through colour, and requires many more coats, than for example red, or almost any other colour; when painting something yellow ,we very often painted it black first to stop “bleed through” . The other point is that unless you are using two pack paint ,in an external enviroment, you will be painting the A/C every 3 years or so, as the shiny ones fade and become matt, and the matt ones go white, (as do the shiny ones eventually). For me the most disheartening thing is to have finished something to a reasonable standard, and after only a year out side it starts to show signs of deterioration, I would have thought that most museum volunteers will have their hands full just bringing older A/C up to standard rather than doing the same ones over and over again. Two pack paint is expensive and needs to be applied by someone who understands how to use it , but can be sprayed out side without an airfed mask ,as long as the operator is up wind of the spray mist.

When Elvis Sang “Cortina scrap (yard), I can’t walk out…” who’d have thought it was Essex he was on about.

My family used to have a holiday home (alright chalet) on Sheppey back in the 60’s & 70’s, our understanding of the potential danger from the explosion was that it would wipe out Sheerness, which was ok with us as we were in Leysdown, and never went to Sheerness!! I used to visit the old lookout /gun emplacement at wardon point, on top of the hill ( the only part of Sheppey above sea level !!) ;recently I’ve been back ,and couldn’t help noticing that the fortifications are no longer above sea level, as the whole lot has fallen out of the hill and is now in the drink! However as a testament to the quality of building works, one of the buildings is still in perfect condition after its journey down the cliff face. We used to say about Canvey that, the best thing would be to round up all the pikeys and dump them on Canvey and tow the whole lot out to sea; only problem is now we’ve got them all there, its too heavy to move !!