Thanks for the advice folks, much appreciated.

Jon

Not Halton, but Cosford for me (132 entry, 78-81)

We used to visit Halton a couple of times a year throughout the three year for route linings in London which meant that we could meet-up with the guys there who we originally met at Swinditz.

Jon

Hi Folks,

Sorry to drag-up this thread again, but I just noticed something on eB*y which pricked my interest owing to this comment from Andy earlier in the thread:

If you look at the figure number one (1) on your report you will see it is thus: 1.

However, I think I am right in saying that wartime period typewriters did not have a figure 1. Instead a lower case “L” was used.

There’s a 1941 Dowding letter for sale on eB*y here and I note with interest that the date is typed with the figue 1 not the lower case “L”.

I’m pretty much convinced that my C/R (pics posted earlier in the thread) is a dud, simply because of this feature (a bit of research going on in the background tho!) However, there’s some connection to the source of my C/R and the letter currently for sale.

Any thoughts?