Horrible to see those pictures of what I feel was an old friend.
As a young lad, I remember '391 landing at Blackpool, and subsequent years of Blackpool trips always included a visit to '391 and sit on the flight deck. It was a major part of the decision for me to join the RAF, and an even bigger one for me to work on XH558 when I left the RAF.
Having stripped '558 to the bare bones with TVOC, and rebuilt her, I have a massive affinity with all of those pictures, and can identify every single part, and also appreciate just how far she had been allowed to decay. I therefore am also extremely disappointed and angry at Brian Bateman of Blackpool Airport for allowing XL391 to decay into that state. There was so much he could have done, but he did nothing.
Many thanks for the pics anyhow BRL, that brought back many a childhood memory!!
Flipflopman