Philking,
Eddie arranged a Fat-o-Gram (in the Romper) for me and an antipodean friend when we left MAEL for EK (he was still at MAEL). I've got the pictures somewhere.
Did you know the Eddie always had trouble getting shirts to fit? As you know, the gap between his chest and head was very small. He had to put up with very long sleeves just to get a collar to fit! While we're reminiscing, I remember a water fight we had while on shift in 1990 in Manchester. You will all be familiar with the white boards we use to monitor based aircraft movements and maintenance requirements. The secretary had just finished writing it up and it was a multi-coloured beauty. For some reason we were all having a ruck and Eddie filled a tea pot with water. He aimed for me but I happened to be standing in front of the above mentioned board. He chucked, I ducked, and the board was...well, mucked! We were well and truly for it.
It was vintage Ed!
I hope the above does not seem inappropriate. I suspect Eddie would not have minded.