title A 1940s Airfield Hangar Dance, Debach, Suffolk - 9th June 2007 intro Every once in a while it's fun to dress up, and there's not much of a better excuse than the hangar dance down at Debach Airfield. So, thanks to some last-minute tickets courtesy of the organisers, Nosher, Isobel, Marc and Sue trundle over to have a bit of a dance and camp for the night. Once again, there's a good turnout of costumes, including RAF, USAAF, GIs, navy types, the odd Italian soldier, spivs and lots of 40's dresses. Nosher and Isobel are off to Helsinki the following day, so there's no time to stick around for the airfield open day. imgp5517 The Monarch Coin Laundry on Mill Road imgp5521 T-Mobile's 2007 homepage on a Nokia N73 imgp5542 Marc looks around as Suey unloads the car imgp5543 There's a nice P-47 Thunderbolt model next door imgp5544 A jeep trundles around past the control tower imgp5547 Some kind of army jeep imgp5548 Isobel by the car imgp5553 Isobel checks her hair and lipstick imgp5559 Nosher, with Grandad's original RAF cap, and Isobel imgp5561 Isobel looks up Nosher's nose imgp5564 Marc takes a photo imgp5565 Marc and Suey imgp5571 The bizarre sight of lots of naked male mannequins imgp5580 Mingling around outside the hangar imgp5586 Richard holds the ladder as the projector is fixed imgp5593 Marc looks on, with beer in hand imgp5619 A US Navy sailor gets animated imgp5620 People on a Willys Jeep imgp5624 An evacuee girl with an RAF cap on imgp5625 Isobel and Sue bring some beer back imgp5633 The Military Police arrive imgp5636 Marc, Suey and Isobel chat imgp5639 Captain Melchett ties up his shoelace imgp5641 Gas mask boxes imgp5644 A couple of tiny "evacuees" dance around imgp5648 A spiv surveys the scene imgp5654 The MP looks over imgp5660 A German officer and US airman imgp5663 Some wine is poured imgp5676 Marc and Suey imgp5688 A fake "stocking line" is re-applied in an emergency imgp5691 In the hangar imgp5697 Marc sits around imgp5713 Outside looks like a painting on the wall imgp5714 The dancing kicks off imgp5715 The US Army corner imgp5719 The sun sets behind the hangar imgp5732 More 1940s fancy dress imgp5735 Outside in the dusk imgp5737 Isobel imgp5749 Some Lindy Hopping, maybe imgp5756 The warm-up band imgp5761 It's V.E. Day at Debach Airfield imgp5769 1940s dancing imgp5776 Some swing dancing imgp5780 The band do their thing imgp5784 Spats all round imgp5788 More swinging imgp5792 Giving a twirl imgp5797 Marc and Suey do a bit of dancing imgp5812 Part of the band "The Jive Aces" imgp5828 Marc and Suey take a break imgp5836 Some sort of line dancing occurs outside imgp5860 Marc and Suey the next morning imgp5865 Isobel cheekily peers out from the tent imgp5867 Nosher sits on the grass