I have been in my house now since May 2010 , the previous owner had bought it new in 1965 and lived there till his death . When I moved in there was a lot of rubbish left behind plus some items of use including a milbro air rifle scope in mint condition .
There was lots of junk left in the loft which was all on pine boards . After clearing all the junk I took a look at the boards because of what they were . Transit cases from the RAF circa 1960s , they had been put there when he moved in as the fibre glass insulation below was spotless except for the dust which had fallen betetween the boards .
The boards were crudely fixed together to form panels , painted with his name details and rank . There were about 15 or so panels . I took a photo of them and contacted the Imperial War museum at Duxford to see if they could make use of them , this was about 10 weeks ago but I never got a reply . So last week I contacted North Weald Museum and they said they would have them .
Heres a photo of a couple of the panels which I emailed to the museums .
So last Thursday pm I delivered them , had a good chat with a guy called Simon who is one of the trustees of the museum and hes a shooting man . He has just emailed me some photos of the transit cases assembled which is something I didnt expect to see .
Well a little bit of history saved ,
the guy whos name is on the transit cases went on to work at Marconis in Chelmsford , from what the neighbours have told me he was a bit of a boffin .
Dave
