Debach Airfield Hangar Dance, Suffolk - 9th June 2007
Every once in a while it's fun to dress up, and there's seldom a better excuse than the great hangar dance down at Debach Airfield. So, thanks to some last-minute tickets courtesy of the organisers, Nosher, Iz, Marc and Sue trundle over to have a bit of a dance and camp for the night (Nosher and Isobel are off to Helsinki the following day, so there's no time to stick around for the airfield open day). Once again, there's a good turnout of costumes: RAF, USAAF, GIs, navy types, the odd Italian soldier, spivs and lots of 40's dresses.
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Nothing whatsoever to do with Debach: the gloom of the Monarch coin-op launderette on Mill Road in Cambridge |
Marc takes a break after pitching his tent. Iz starts work on her hair |
On the adjacent pitch, someone has a rather cool model aircraft - half Spitfire, half Mustang |
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A jeep trundles past the newly-restored Nissen hut and a howitzer |
Iz checks her lippy |
Nosher (with his grandad's original RAF cap) and Isobel |
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Isobel looks up Nosher's nose |
Marc takes a photo |
Marc and Sue |
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In a nearby shed, the bizarre sight of lots of naked male mannequins |
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A last-minute alteration is performed on a projector in order to coax it back in to life |
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The beer hangar starts to fill up |
Marc looks on, with beer in hand |
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Isobel and Sue bring some beer back |
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The sun goes down |
Just in case things get out of hand, the Military Police arrive |
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A table full of gas-mask boxes |
Captain Melchett ties up his shoelace |
A couple of tiny "evacuees" dance around |
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A spiv surveys the scene, looking out for potential scams to perpetrate |
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A fake "stocking line" is re-applied in an emergency |
In the dancing hangar |
A nice dusk sky acts as a pleasant backdrop to the proceedings |
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Part of the band "The Jive Aces" |
Nosher looks slightly startled |
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The next morning, a pirates' flag flutters over a desert Land Rover |
Iz cheekily peers out from the tent |
Breakfast detritus, camping style |
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