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Thunderball screening at Southend Airport, 12th May 2018
Well, this is relevant to my interests. Screening in a hangar with a Vulcan parked outside!
https://avrovulcan.com/events/secret-cinema-at-the-vulcan
https://avrovulcan.com/events/secret-cinema-at-the-vulcan
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Same with CR at the Albert Hall - I was on holiday. Why can't these people check with me first?
You missed one hell of an experience...
Winning the CL is a pretty good experience too!!
Rather premature wouldn't you say,you are still in the Semi-stage. ;)
The Champions League ?
But not being an Arsenal fan, winning the CL wouldn't be a new experience for me you seem to be forgetting.
#EuropeanRoyalty
I met up with my friends D and N, who had decided to make a weekend of it and booked a seafront hotel for the night, at Southend's Hangar 5, where the Vulcan had been rolled out. The lights were flashed and the bomb bay doors opened for our delight, and D and I paid to climb up in the cockpit, where we gazed about like kids in a sweet shop.
Parked by the Vulcan were an Aston Martin DB5 in proper Bond silver and a DB6 in black, looking sleek and shiny in the rain. Inside the hangar, I was delighted to see a 007 edition 2CV.
The owner's sister came over to talk to me as I was admiring it. "Wow, this is the perfect night for you," she said, seeing my SPECTRE polo shirt and silver Vulcan necklace (I'd got a little overexcited while dressing myself).
After an enthusiastic chat about 2CVs, she asked if I'd like to sit in the car. Are you kidding!? It was the highlight of my evening. (Roger Moore had signed the dashboard, and he must undoubtedly have sat where I was sitting in order to do so.)
After a short welcome speech, it was time for the film. They were hoping to sell over 100 tickets; they sold 160 and the bar ran out of beer, which should keep the Trust in O-rings and things for a while.
Thunderball...well, Thunderball was Thunderball, and enjoyable as always despite the rain hammering on the corrugated-iron hangar roof and the occasional drip on my shoulder. (It's the best Bond film if you enjoy looking at Sean Connery's legs, not that that's my thing especially.) Cheers from the audience for the Vulcan scenes; every now and then I'd look round to see the vast nose of the real thing, framed in the open hangar door.
It was still pouring with rain when we came out. My friends very kindly and sensibly said that they'd worry all night if I rode home to London in it, and I should come back and sleep on the sofa in their hotel room. (I ended up getting my own room, because the last thing you want if you're trying to have a romantic night in Southend-on-Sea is me on your sofa.)
Splashing through the puddles to the car park, we looked round at the sound of a polite and genteel car horn: the DB5's owner, waving and hooting to the departing crowd as he drove home.
A lot of love and effort went into the evening, from the gorgeous poster and ticket design onwards, and I'm glad it was a hit. I'm sure I'll visit Vulcan XL426 again.
Shame about the weather (it was crap everywhere on the day I think).
Haha sods law,it' nice here too !!!
My pleasure! I hope they put it on again, or do something else equally fun.