Pete TrumanNo Name
34049 Anti Aircraft Command
34050 Royal Observer Corps
34051 Sir Winston Churchill
34052 Lord Dowding
34053 Sir Keith Park
34054 Lord Beaverbrook
34055 Fighter Pilot
34056 Croydon
34057 Biggin Hill
34058 Sir Frederick Pile
34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair
34060 25 Squadron
34061 73 Squadron
34062 17 Squadron
34063 229 Squadron
34064 Fighter Command
34065 Hurricane
34066 Spitfire
34068 Kenley
34069 Hawkinge
34070 Manston
34071 601 Squadron
34072 257 Squadron
34073 249 Squadron
34074 46 Squadron
34075 264 Squadron
34076 41 Squadron
34077 603 Squadron
34078 222 Squadron
34079 141 Squadron
34080 74 Squadron
34081 92 Squadron
34082 615 Squadron
34083 605 Squadron
34084 253 Squadron
34085 501 Squadron
34086 219 Squadron
34087 145 Squadron
34088 213 Squadron
34089 602 Squadron
34090 Sir Eustace Missenden – Southern Railway
34092 City of Wells
34109 Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory
34110 66 Squadron
City of Wells was a West Country class, same design, just different names, there’s quite a few of those left to, my first ever train picture was taken of City of Wells on the Golden Arrow at Folkestone in 1958 with a Kodak Brownie, believe it or not it remains quite a good picture.
Best thing about the Muckleburgh Collection is the Gamma Goat ride, just hang on and shut your eyes.
Pete TrumanI was rather shocked to find the news of Rogers death published on here this morning, what is sad, is that the source of news of his passing comes from a US website with no mention of it on our local news bulletins, it’s obviously more newsworthy to go on about drug raids in Kings Lynn and idiots running ships aground at Dunwich rather than lament the passing of one of East Anglia’s great authors.
A few years ago, while looking through my copy of ‘The RAF in Colour’ I noticed some colour footage of Halifaxes at Bassingbourne. Remembering an incident related to me by my ex wifes uncle, Ralph Tailford, who was flight engineer on Halifaxes, I phoned him up and it was indeed his flight, diverted to Bassingbourne to refuel, the whole incident personally filmed by Clark Gable on a hand held camera. Would it be possible to find any more of this footage, only one way to find out.
I decided to track down Roger Freeman and ask, not knowing what the response would be. The internet only told me roughly where he lived, however the local telephone directory did the rest and I wrote to him.
Within days I got a fantastic reply, putting me straight on to a copy of the original film, an 8th Airforce gunnery training film narrated by Clark Gable and obtained from Amazon believe it or not, Roger then went on to sing the praises of aircrew like Ralph and offered to help with any other enquiries, what a great man he was.
Perhaps I’ll e-mail the local TV stations to ask if they can be bothered to report his sad death.
Pete TrumanExcellent coverage on BBC East just now, should be worth watching Look East at 6:30 tonight when they’ve had more time to edit, don’t bother with Anglia, they only recorded the sound of the bang.
Must have obtained stills from MOD showing preparations for explosion including bank of 250 tons of sand bags, plus trenches to absorb blast, picture of bombs in situ lying almost vertically, nose up. Good bit of film showing very large detonation, crater is 50m across and 30m deep. Some people in the village had taped up their windows WW2 style. One of the RAF bomb disposal team thought that the bombs may have come out of a crashed a/c, seems unlikely, would have expected them to have dealt with those at the time.
Apparently they are currently looking for more.
Pete TrumanHow close to North Weald is Finchingfield?
Not that far, about 20 miles to the south west, but nowhere near a transit route to Colchester or DX either, they tend to follow the A12 and M11 respectively, remember the accidental ejection from the North Weald JP over Stanway Sainsburies, I presume he was following the A12 then.
Pete TrumanI thought I heard the rumble of warbirds North East of Finchingfield sometime yesterday late afternoon as I was sorting out firewood, but they were too far away to see. This is the usual transit route for a/c to and from Duxford to points southeast.
Pete TrumanHas to be the end of Blade Runner when Roy goes after Deckard, no contest, listen to this in surround sound.
Band of Brothers, the assault on the German battery.
Thin Red Line, the attack up the hill and the taking of the Japanese position.
2001, the initial sequence of flying to the moon via the space station.
Lawrence of Arabia, the attack on Aquba.
Oh Brother Where Art Though, the Soggy Bottom Boys recording session.
Fisher King, the dance sequence in the Grand Central Station.
Sexy Beast, the boulder rolling down the hill into the swimming pool.
Saving Private Ryan, the German assault on the town at the end.
Empire of the Sun, the attack on the base by P-51’s, ‘I can taste the cordite in my mouth’ etc.
Godfather Pt 1, the shooting of the police chief and mayor by Al Pucino in the restaraunt.
A Bridge Too Far, the opening attack by XXX Corps on the German positions, ( have to put this in as me dad actually took part in this )
The Train, the attack around the tunnel by the spitfire, oh, and the scene where the carriage roofs were whitewashed followed by the A26’s flying low over the top.
Piece of Cake, the entire final episode.
The Longest Day, the poor sod getting snagged on St Mere Eglise church.
American Werewolf in London, the bit where Jenny Agutter, sorry, got carried away thinking about it, the rotting werewolves appear as the SS and blow everyone away.
Braveheart, the titles at the end.
Das Boot, the end, when the sub returns to La Rochelle and suffers the inevitable attack, despite it being Harvards.
Lord of the Rings, Gandalf being dragged into the fiery depths.
The English Patient, the demise of the Indian bomb disposal officer at the booby trapped fountain, brought tears to my eyes.
Catch 22, the scene where John Voihgt is walking along the runway with the CO and the smoking B-25 lands, crashes and they ignore it, actually the opening scene of that film is pretty cool as well.
I give up.
Pete TrumanHas to be the end of Blade Runner when Roy goes after Deckard, no contest, listen to this in surround sound.
Band of Brothers, the assault on the German battery.
Thin Red Line, the attack up the hill and the taking of the Japanese position.
2001, the initial sequence of flying to the moon via the space station.
Lawrence of Arabia, the attack on Aquba.
Oh Brother Where Art Though, the Soggy Bottom Boys recording session.
Fisher King, the dance sequence in the Grand Central Station.
Sexy Beast, the boulder rolling down the hill into the swimming pool.
Saving Private Ryan, the German assault on the town at the end.
Empire of the Sun, the attack on the base by P-51’s, ‘I can taste the cordite in my mouth’ etc.
Godfather Pt 1, the shooting of the police chief and mayor by Al Pucino in the restaraunt.
A Bridge Too Far, the opening attack by XXX Corps on the German positions, ( have to put this in as me dad actually took part in this )
The Train, the attack around the tunnel by the spitfire, oh, and the scene where the carriage roofs were whitewashed followed by the A26’s flying low over the top.
Piece of Cake, the entire final episode.
The Longest Day, the poor sod getting snagged on St Mere Eglise church.
American Werewolf in London, the bit where Jenny Agutter, sorry, got carried away thinking about it, the rotting werewolves appear as the SS and blow everyone away.
Braveheart, the titles at the end.
Das Boot, the end, when the sub returns to La Rochelle and suffers the inevitable attack, despite it being Harvards.
Lord of the Rings, Gandalf being dragged into the fiery depths.
The English Patient, the demise of the Indian bomb disposal officer at the booby trapped fountain, brought tears to my eyes.
Catch 22, the scene where John Voihgt is walking along the runway with the CO and the smoking B-25 lands, crashes and they ignore it, actually the opening scene of that film is pretty cool as well.
I give up.
Pete TrumanYippee, my £5 discount voucher has just come through the door, very nice design to, complete with covering letter, what an expensive exercise, I feel guilty about sending off for it now.
Presumably the Eagles will do one pass trailing behind the KC-135, unless operational priorities get in the way, which is the usual story these days.
Pete TrumanJust bumped into the landlord of The Red Lion in the village, originally a tied pub for Ridleys. Greene King are to continue making Old Bob at Bury, however Frank now has to sell exclusively Greene King beers which he isn’t happy about, he would prefer to ship in Nethergate from Clare but isn’t allowed to, could be another good landlord on his way then.
Pete TrumanJust bumped into the landlord of The Red Lion in the village, originally a tied pub for Ridleys. Greene King are to continue making Old Bob at Bury, however Frank now has to sell exclusively Greene King beers which he isn’t happy about, he would prefer to ship in Nethergate from Clare but isn’t allowed to, could be another good landlord on his way then.
Pete TrumanPrior to sending back my receipt, I phoned Duxford and suggested that instead of going to all the administrative trouble and expense why not get a simple exchange by handing in the receipt at the gate on the day. I was told that the descision had been made and that was that, they weren’t that keen on my offer of a stamped addressed envelope either, how many returns could that be, 5000 ? or more, sorry, distracted by a low flying 747 doing what looked like an attempted wing over right over the village.
Haven’t got the ticket though.
Moggy, I see from another thread that you’re off to Rougham today, would like to have gone but have to finish some drawings for tomorrow, hope it’s more fun that the wet, windy and cold effort that happened last year, even the exhibitors were trying to get out as I was trying not to get stuck in the mud gettig in.
Pete TrumanTry Morrisons, all bottled beers £1.59 a pint (or metric pint) or any 4 for a fiver.
Had Pelforth Brun years ago in France when I was trying to find something other than lager. When I started I thought I’d found what I was looking for but by the time I got fairly well down the first glass it was getting a bit sickly. Found 1664 and thought it was pretty good.
Until my local had some a year or two back I’d never seen a pint of Ridley’s you could see through. Tasted OK but looked awful.
Unfortunately Morrisons are as rare as hens teeth in this area, the nearest one for miles is at Witham.
There is a story in yesterdays Dunmow Broadcast saying that Ridleys stopped brewing in August and the equipment is already being stripped out of the building. A group of protesters did a funeral march to the building at the weekend and are saying, that as a rare example of a Victorian tower brewery, it should be Listed by Uttlesford District Council complete with equipment, however knowing the speed that their conservation people move, it will be a housing estate before anything is done.
Incidentally, noticing you live in Chesterfield, is the ‘Derby Tup’ still going. When my pals lived in Sheffield up to a few years ago, we used to make regular visits. I was particularly interested in a ‘family tree’ on the wall, showing the number of breweries destroyed by Whitbreads.
A few years ago I went into a Devenish pub in Corfe Castle, the Devenish sign was still up and I didn’t realise they had been taken over and shut down by Whitbread, seeing the usual Whitbread fare in the pub I walked out, unfortunately as most pubs in that area were originally run by Devenish, I had a dry holiday.
The original brewery in Weymouth is now a bloody craft market.
Pete TrumanTry Morrisons, all bottled beers £1.59 a pint (or metric pint) or any 4 for a fiver.
Had Pelforth Brun years ago in France when I was trying to find something other than lager. When I started I thought I’d found what I was looking for but by the time I got fairly well down the first glass it was getting a bit sickly. Found 1664 and thought it was pretty good.
Until my local had some a year or two back I’d never seen a pint of Ridley’s you could see through. Tasted OK but looked awful.
Unfortunately Morrisons are as rare as hens teeth in this area, the nearest one for miles is at Witham.
There is a story in yesterdays Dunmow Broadcast saying that Ridleys stopped brewing in August and the equipment is already being stripped out of the building. A group of protesters did a funeral march to the building at the weekend and are saying, that as a rare example of a Victorian tower brewery, it should be Listed by Uttlesford District Council complete with equipment, however knowing the speed that their conservation people move, it will be a housing estate before anything is done.
Incidentally, noticing you live in Chesterfield, is the ‘Derby Tup’ still going. When my pals lived in Sheffield up to a few years ago, we used to make regular visits. I was particularly interested in a ‘family tree’ on the wall, showing the number of breweries destroyed by Whitbreads.
A few years ago I went into a Devenish pub in Corfe Castle, the Devenish sign was still up and I didn’t realise they had been taken over and shut down by Whitbread, seeing the usual Whitbread fare in the pub I walked out, unfortunately as most pubs in that area were originally run by Devenish, I had a dry holiday.
The original brewery in Weymouth is now a bloody craft market.
Pete TrumanMaternal grandfather Samuel Foskett wouldn’t talk about it but I’m told Indian Army WW1. Home Guard WW2 – hated Dad’s Army, thought they were taking the píss.
Paternal grandfather just too young for WW1, born late 1900. Scammell Motors, Watford all through WW2.
Dad – school until 1942? then Scammell Motors.
Mum – LMS head office after leaving school.
The generations in my family were fortunate that their ages just missed the wars.
Was the LMS head office at Derby, is that how you know about Home Ales and Kimberely.
Pete TrumanMaternal grandfather Samuel Foskett wouldn’t talk about it but I’m told Indian Army WW1. Home Guard WW2 – hated Dad’s Army, thought they were taking the píss.
Paternal grandfather just too young for WW1, born late 1900. Scammell Motors, Watford all through WW2.
Dad – school until 1942? then Scammell Motors.
Mum – LMS head office after leaving school.
The generations in my family were fortunate that their ages just missed the wars.
Was the LMS head office at Derby, is that how you know about Home Ales and Kimberely.
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