Got myself a job!
My brother died a few years ago and with his widow now moving near my best, most attractive, and highly talented niece way down south the house has to be sold to pay the care home bills. My brothers office, full of interesting thngs, was off limits to me in case I nicked bits. Now however, I have been donated some of his old pictures from the days of long ago.
Most were of his time in the RAF, this aircraft is situated somewhere in the middle east (Sharjah)where he was stationed during 1971 (Can you remember that far back?). There are a lot of pictures of aircraft that I cannot identify, it being so long ago most have long since been scrapped. Being the RAF they were probably on their last legs anyway, buying the latest and best for 'our boys' has never been important to our politicians.
So, now I am attempting to scan three albums full of pictures. Some look interesting, some boring, some fading with time, and all are off pin sharp clarity! Using RAF cameras, and often his own (probably) second hand cameras, twisting knobs and fiddling with lenses my brother, RAF Photographer, manages to get sharp pictures while I, with my fancy dan Lumix cannot! Bah!
These look like Hawker Hunters to me, so that dates the pictures. This was the time the UK was withdrawing from 'East of Suez,' for financial and 'end of empire' reasons. That said, it is no surprise to know the better aircraft, Phantoms for interest, were deployed in the UK and across Europe where they were needed.
Not sure if below the aircraft we see the base beneath or the local town, either way I like the idea of a house surrounded by a wall with a central courtyard. That way you remain hidden from view, rooms all around, yet have space to do your thing, I think this is very middle eastern. I like the idea and will seek such accomodation once I am a billionaire. Not actually in the middle east mind.
So, nothing else has been done, and probably will not be done tomorrow or until I get fed up of scanning pictures. That will be quick mind...
1 comment:
An interesting project.,maybe yo could put them in an album when you've finished. I did something similar for my son with old family pictures for Christmas. He loved it.
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