The Finningley Varsities were regular performers over Manchester and Liverpool in the 1960s and early 1970s. As piston "heavies" became rarer, the drone of a Finningley Varsity would attract the attention of spotters hoping for something "interesting" only to eventually locate the rather tubby silver dot and turn their disappointed attention to something else, normally "pulling" a trail.
How many of those would give their eye teeth for a Varsity over the top today?
BTW, anyone have any details of the cause of the hangar fire at Finningley in September 1970 which destroyed 3 Varsities?