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Bought Memories
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February 8 2004:
Bought Memories

On Friday night some friends and I got together to show some old aircraft slides and my contribution included this stick of old Kodachrome items, with the odd Ektachrome shot thrown in too.
Back in 1968, there was a huge event held at Abingdon, Oxfordshire celebrating 50 years of the Royal Air Force, and I went along with my Dad to this show. We had a really large air force then, and the scale of the mass flypasts has never repeated since. Armed with a Kodak box camera (where the viewfinder was at the top) I took a few black and white shots of the items displayed on the ground, but they were really awful! However, two years ago, I was able to buy quite a few slides taken on that memorable day 36 years ago. So on Friday my friends could also wallow in this nostalgia.

There is a web site here illustrating this event.

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brother_mark13-Feb-2004 05:38
Very cool abstract. I can see the writing on them. Slides are great fun to share on the big screen! I once gathered with some friends to see slides from a 1960s trip to Yellowstone NP in a VW Beetle. All Kodachromes. Colors still brilliant. I'm sure yuo enjoyed viewing these.
Pall Gudjonsson09-Feb-2004 17:48
Excellent shot Ray !
.. and thanks for the link
John Buffin09-Feb-2004 06:39
Great abstract!
Loved the story.
mikiruaq09-Feb-2004 06:29
Sounds like a lot of fun looking at slides and reliving the memories.
Guest 09-Feb-2004 00:58
How fabulous you still have these archives of that day! Great shot here.. almost infinite in form. -- angela :)
Guest 09-Feb-2004 00:10
Nice pattern!
jan schiphorst08-Feb-2004 21:12
Fine these melancholy nostalgia.
Guest 08-Feb-2004 19:49
Yeah that must've been a lot of fun!
Chris Brooker08-Feb-2004 19:39
Clever image Ray, Thank you for the link.

I can remember the displays at RAF Hendon.
bela4508-Feb-2004 19:12
Memories are made of these.....
Nostalgic!
Guest 08-Feb-2004 17:52
That sounds like a great way to spend a Friday! I love this shot, abstract, yet you can still see what it is, also the dust adds to it!!