Hmmm…vague recollection, but that’s all! Just had a look at scanned pics and the only one from the ’60’s was when I was 21 on holiday in Jersey. (1st overseas holiday, by BEA Vanguard!) Unfortunately I am clothed only in Speedo’s and I’m sure the mods would edit it out! I’ll have a dig through the albums and see what surfaces… Watch this space.
Talking of Fairey Surveys, look what I found in my collection today!

Was “Ginge” the chap with the Jawa motorbike that worked for Westlands?
I too used to hang around the Green Dragon after school, so I can only thing that the rest of you were “the big boys”, who were to be avoided.
The Green Dragon was officially the staff canteen for airport workers, so, depending on who was work what shift, you could be ejected, without the mandatory chips!
Other activity by the spotters on north side, was to rifle through the bins by the terminal building (sic). From there, you could obtain rolls of telex paper, which sometime gave details of expected unusual arrivals. Oh, yes, and partially used Ray-O-Vac batteries, which I thick were of US origin and of rather better quality than the UK ones, which corroded into your torches, seemingly overnight!

Similar, but not the same…

Are Bulldogs any good at rounding up sheep?

A night fighter’s better to fight stars…

Here’s a bit to add to it, though it needs paint…and wings…and rear end…and engines…and a lot of imagination! :rolleyes:

In flight at Greenham Common 1973…

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