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Old 10th Dec 2019, 09:30
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Cornish Jack
 
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Brize had a 'sell-off' in the 70s and I bought 2 'tables, kitchen, formica-topped', one white, one red at £1 each! The quality was exceptional - high grade multi ply tops with 'proper' Formica surface. 4 wing nuts to dismantle and simple to modify to required size. The white one remained with ex-wife on divorce and the red, much modified, is still the daily meal table. Best purchase - ever!
Other ex-Service items? Flying boots (survived total immersion in house destruction and flooding), Lightning seat safety pin!, dinghy knife and holster, leather flying helmet, throat mic, modified 4a helmet box, whizz wheel, protractor, nav box and the inevitable chinagraph collection!
Attempts (half-hearted) to return these on PVR were ignored ... perhaps because during my time, traditional 'Stores' morphed into 'Supply' but "plus ca change...'
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