Many years ago, my very last BoB Cocktail Party was at Bentley Priory. I was honoured to be one of the 'also rans' to host and usher many of those whose faces we see in and on the cover of history books. They were a most fascinating, intriguing and modest group of gentlemen that I'm ever likely to meet.
To cap it all, I stood with them* on the balcony just outside Dowding's office watching the BBMF display. A memory that still gives me 'goose-bumps' to this day!!
* ... and I felt very, very small.