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Hello From Bedfordshire

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PaintBoy60

Hello From Bedfordshire

Post by PaintBoy60 » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:42 pm

Hello to all,signed up a couple of weeks ago but have just got round to introducing myself,in a pretty big nutshell ,Originally from Hertfordshire working straight from school at 16 in the late 70s at Leavesden Aerodrome & basically working for the same company for over 22 years repainting and refurbishing aircraft of all shapes and sizes across the board,apart from Leavesden i also worked out of Luton & North Weald ,finishing in the the late 90s,and loving every minute sadly missed , i currently reside in Bedfordshire just down the road from Luton Airport , i still have good ex work friends network and delve into spotting & mainly photography when i get the time, i have a reasonable photo collection & post on Flicker & a couple of forums,posting on the hosting websites is good but i enjoy the "Banter"and enjoy telling my stories & hopefully i can bring some of these to the forum,i have had a look around the forum and already noticed a good few threads that i can add to ,its amazing what`s out there. :roll:

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Re: Hello From Bedfordshire

Post by andygolfer » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:49 pm

welcome to the forum paintboy60. I'm looking forward to your contributions, especially the photographs.

if you need any help on here please ask, somebody should be able to help (unless it's a Trident that landed at Heathrow on a Thursday in May '78 between 09.00 and 16.00!).

thanks for your intro

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Re: Hello From Bedfordshire

Post by Mike » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:50 pm

Welcome aboard. :thumb:
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Re: Hello From Bedfordshire

Post by PaintBoy60 » Sun Feb 12, 2017 2:35 pm

Many thanks for the welcome gents,i already feel at ease,i didn`t want to wade in to heavily with the flicker details but looking at the other newbie posts that`s the way to do it so here we are :unsure: https://www.flickr.com/photos/87900551@N07/

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Re: Hello From Bedfordshire

Post by andygolfer » Sun Feb 12, 2017 2:39 pm

that's a very impressive collection of photos, thanks for sharing them
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Re: Hello From Bedfordshire

Post by andygolfer » Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:14 am

I'm very sorry to have to report that I had an e-mail from paintboy60's (Adrian's) account yesterday evening informing me of his passing.

Although his membership of the forum was relatively brief he did post some interesting photos from his collection so were were able to share those with him.

I have sent the family condolences from the admin team and I'm sure you will all echo those thoughts, It almost goes without saying that he will be sorely missed. The family have asked me to delete his account but for now I will leave his posts visible unless the family ask for them to be removed.

R.I.P Adrian.

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Re: Hello From Bedfordshire

Post by PorkScratching » Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:02 am

That's very sad indeed, I very much enjoyed viewing his photos. I hope the family decide to allow his account to remain; there's no reason to close it and it would mean greater ongoing exposure for his interesting photos.

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Re: Hello From Bedfordshire

Post by andygolfer » Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:04 am

PorkScratching wrote:That's very sad indeed, I very much enjoyed viewing his photos. I hope the family decide to allow his account to remain; there's no reason to close it and it would mean greater ongoing exposure for his interesting photos.
I have now received an e-mail from his family and I'm pleased to say that they are happy for the posts to remain

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