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Gordon England Cup on Old Classic Car - Tony Press - 24-07-2020
Interesting picture:
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/raf_dunmow.htm
RE: Gordon England Cup on Old Classic Car - Andy Bennett - 24-07-2020
The contortions achieved by the man in the second picture are amazing. Assuming of course he hasn't got normal sized arms and a 1 foot long body.
Andy
RE: Gordon England Cup on Old Classic Car - Rick F - 24-07-2020
Interesting picture, but the accompanying text is odd. They are certainly not aircrew - all are what in those days would probably be called "Erks", although one of them is a corporal.
The building in the background is unlike any RAF structure that I ever came across. It looks suspiciously like a nice old weather-boarded Essex pub!
I think it was taken long after RAF Great Dunmow closed and would suggest the the caption "RAF Dunmow" refers to a gang of RAF pals, from one of the many bases still open in the area, outside a Dunmow pub.
RE: Gordon England Cup on Old Classic Car - Tony Press - 24-07-2020
(24-07-2020, 07:42 AM)Andy Bennett Wrote: The contortions achieved by the man in the second picture are amazing. Assuming of course he hasn't got normal sized arms and a 1 foot long body.
Andy
And we have already seen the second picture put up by Mike Costigan in the earlier post:
![[Image: paperclip.png]](https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/images/paperclip.png)
A charming Austin 7 scene from 1937
"Returning to the theme of little people in the 1920s and 1930s, how small is this guy? Most people today would be head and shoulders taller, needing to stoop to see through the windscreen!"