Philly, The Boy Phil and Marc by a tent
The Debach Airfield 1940s Dance, Debach, Suffolk - 6th June 2009
It's the third trip out to the Debach Airfield 1940s Dance, which we'd missed the year before on account of not knowing it was on. It's also Isobel's brother Noddy's 40th, so a contingent of the Dublin Massive come over for a bit of a thrash too. Nosher, The Boy Phil and Marc & Sue are camping, and Isobel gets a lift over whilst Wavy and Martina look after The Boy back at the house. It's another good night of swing dancing and beer, and the weather just about holds out for the evening. The next day we dodge the rain and hang out at the open day for a bit.
next album: A June Miscellany: The End of Days, and Al Leaves Taptu, Diss and Cambridge - 13th June 2009
previous album: Summer Bike Rides, Thornham Magna, Suffolk - 1st June 2009
Marc gets all anachronistic
Campsite on the airfield
Noddy gets his ukulele out
The gang in front of a tank
Noddy leads the way to the hangars
Suey and Marc
Marc decants beer into his mess tin
The Boy Phil inspects something
Marc's got a replica condom
Noddy holds Marc's hand-grenade
MPs out on the benches
A gang of women by a bomb trailer
A staff car turns up
There's a spot of outside dancing
Inside Hangar #2
Marc raises a tin
Bill looks at one of Nosher's photos on screen
Outside the dance hangar
Abby, Evelyn and Isobel
A US sailor
It's time for a snack
Noddy's playing the ukulele
Danielli and Caty join the group
A spotty dress finds something amusing
Swing dancing
Some sailor jiving
An RAF aircraftsman dances
Abby, Caty, Evelyn and Isobel
Isobel and Noddy dance around
Nosher and Isobel
Some evacuee girls dance around outside
Bill and Carmen, and Suey and Marc dance
The admiral has a laff
Isobel and Noddy dancing again
The Sticky Wicket singer
Richard and Tilly, the owners
Isobel's gang
Danielli borrows the ukulele
Evelyn shows off some photos
Noddy dances with a random army girl
Noddy and the army girl
Marc takes his parachute off
Marc and Noddy, who's still strumming
Noddy gets a light
Noddy sits on an Allis-Chalmers tractor
The Boy Phil stands on the remains of a tank
Noddy does the scene from Dr. Strangelove
Phil in a Willy's Jeep
The next morning, it's food-van breakfast
The Boy Phil gets a tea
We watch a film about something
There's a hardware and memorabilia sale going on
Old ration packs
The parachute boys
A little corner of Burma
A wartime shop cash register
The rocket nozzle of a V2
Inside an Anderson shelter
Tilly and Richard with some actual veterans
Hangar 9 in the rain
A veteran by Hangar 9
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Philly, The Boy Phil and Marc by a tent
Philly, The Boy Phil and Marc by a tent
Marc gets all anachronistic
Campsite on the airfield
Noddy gets his ukulele out
The gang in front of a tank
Noddy leads the way to the hangars
Suey and Marc
Marc decants beer into his mess tin
The Boy Phil inspects something
Marc's got a replica condom
Noddy holds Marc's hand-grenade
MPs out on the benches
A gang of women by a bomb trailer
A staff car turns up
There's a spot of outside dancing
Inside Hangar #2
Marc raises a tin
Bill looks at one of Nosher's photos on screen
Outside the dance hangar
Abby, Evelyn and Isobel
A US sailor
It's time for a snack
Noddy's playing the ukulele
Danielli and Caty join the group
A spotty dress finds something amusing
Swing dancing
Some sailor jiving
An RAF aircraftsman dances
Abby, Caty, Evelyn and Isobel
Isobel and Noddy dance around
Nosher and Isobel
Some evacuee girls dance around outside
Bill and Carmen, and Suey and Marc dance
The admiral has a laff
Isobel and Noddy dancing again
The Sticky Wicket singer
Richard and Tilly, the owners
Isobel's gang
Danielli borrows the ukulele
Evelyn shows off some photos
Noddy dances with a random army girl
Noddy and the army girl
Marc takes his parachute off
Marc and Noddy, who's still strumming
Noddy gets a light
Noddy sits on an Allis-Chalmers tractor
The Boy Phil stands on the remains of a tank
Noddy does the scene from Dr. Strangelove
Phil in a Willy's Jeep
The next morning, it's food-van breakfast
The Boy Phil gets a tea
We watch a film about something
There's a hardware and memorabilia sale going on
Old ration packs
The parachute boys
A little corner of Burma
A wartime shop cash register
The rocket nozzle of a V2
Inside an Anderson shelter
Tilly and Richard with some actual veterans
Hangar 9 in the rain
A veteran by Hangar 9