A good shot given that the conditions were not terribly favourable . A sad day though. I saw it about 2 hours before you when it overflew Farnborough, (where the prototype was displayed more than 60 years ago). I got some very similar shots. Lots of people at Farnborough. It was in sight for only about 20 seconds but definitely worth seeing. Glyn

... but that one on the centre right has got me stumped. The tool centre far right is a sine bar. Details can be found . Glyn

What a joy to see. I made a similar set in 1972-73 although not including all those in this photo as I migrated into the electrical/electronics apprenticeship. None of mine have survived although I still have my apprenticeship deeds which I have just dug out to check the date. I think in that first year I was earning about £6 a week, some of which I had to give to my Mum. :D Glyn

Just for the record as it was a shame to loose it from the competition and because I thought is was such a good entry, here are my comments from the judging: beebee – Big Red Bus I think this is a wonderful shot. Here we have a group of school children upstairs on an old-ish double-decker bus. The children are framed and viewed via the convex mirror in a corner of the roof that is used to ...

Thanks Paul, It appears it was a visitor to the Nene Valley Railway Diesel Gala earlier this month. They have a picture of it . Glyn

Hi, I think this is a class 66 locomotive, 66720, operated by Metronet for engineering work on London's underground lines. You can see some detail about the class in Wikipedia . Hope this is useful, Glyn