Ed and I spent an enjoyable and fruitful day exploring the show. We learnt a lot, especially form Captain Mike Authers of the 25th Bomb Disposal Co RE Living History Group http://www.25thbombdisposalcorelhg.webeden.co.uk/ . This group visit schools to teach and demonstrate the work of the Bomb Disposal Core during the war. We acquired quite a few new exhibts for the bus, chief amongst which was an incendiary bomb and some assorted shrapnel, which we will show to school children who visit the bus.
The trip was especially poignant for Ed as he spent his wartime childhood living in Upminster and remembered when Spitfires flew over in anger and not just for display.
We waited in vain for a cup of tea from the WVS Mobile Canteen.
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