Smudge,you owe Tucker for a brandy sour, not quite the same taste as Akro but a valiant effort.
One bit of news from the re-union was given to me, a G.E. who I used to bump into around Swindon passed away a week before the do, a bit of a shock as I had met him a week before that and he had seemed fine. His name was Harry Davis which might not ring any bells but he achieved fame or notoriety depending on your viewpoint as being able to do a B.F. in Gander in the winter without leaving any footprints in the snow apart from those leading from the Det office to the Aircraft! If you didn't know Harry Davis you might well know or have heard of "Black Harry ", one and the same!
Another link with the early days of Albert gone.
The do was good, lots of tales told, possibly some of them true, lots of sandbags pulled up and lanterns swung, so much "do you remember" going on and this after a good look round a " J ", an A400 and a C17, a good day was had by all.