Very similar to yourself Kev,
I grew up in the age of the war film. BoB, 633 squadron ect, and have always loved older aircraft. I like the new stuff, but it's never really captured my imagination like the old, with the stories of the aviation trail blazers. Having flown gliders, I converted to power, flying Tigermoths at Cambridge and Cubs at Clacton. I've almost exclusively flown PFA types ever since ... single seat, open cockpit, almost always tailwheel.
I've just completed the conversion of a Slingsby T31m that has most of the ingredients required to keep me happy for a long time (see
http://www.ivan.pfanet.co.uk
SS
Incidently, see my links page for alternative ab-initio Tigermoth training in the South East.