As I was choking on my morning toast I was disturbed by a call from the museum designed to ruin my day off. The knees quavered at the thought of going out today but the lass on afternoon shift had claimed sickness and was refusing to put it aside and do her duty. So because an attractive young woman called me out of my bed I went in this afternoon.
This of course ruined my day.
Instead of lounging around at home I had to lounge around in the museum all afternoon.
Few people arrived even though it is market day. One or two did pop in but fewer than I hoped.
However the exhibition on '60's, 70's and 80's,' has been popular as many here remember the US based at Wethersfield Airbase just up the road. The US have been hanging around here since 1942 and many have experience of them in wartime and during the 'Cold War.' The Yanks left some time ago as the 'Berlin Wall' came down but once Donald Trump is removed it may be they will make their way back again as Putin continues his gangster operation on the west.
An enormous number of airmen and their crew married local girls, bus loads used to arrive from as far away as Ipswich, and a large number remained in the UK after their service was over. Occasionally they arrive in the museum. It amazes me how many nuclear bombs were stored not far from my house. One big Soviet one and much of this area would have been unusable for decades. Nowadays there is little fear from the 'superpowers' bombing one another it is the little man with a suitcase full of 'small nuclear bomb' that is a concern.
Sleep well.
I am surprised however that these books have not sold. I think one of the books on the right has gone but none of the 'Suffragettes' book have been sold and that only costs £1. Possibly the girls are all at home making their men's tea as they ought to be?
