In November 2011 Iwas asked by Mark williams of "Ringway Publications" for some prhotographs of spotters at Ringway in the years when I was a regular visitor, and also of aeroplanes at Ringway. He put all but two of the photographs of spotters on to his web-site www.ringwapublications.com but did not use any of the aeroplane photographs.
The photographs of spotters at Ringway (and some at other locations including a few on coach trips), which at the time of writing (December 2014) are still on M. Williams's web-site, though not in a very obvious part of that site. They are also all reproduced below.
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The following photographs are from P.B.H.’s albums and are all by P.B.H. unless otherwise stated.
Ringway 10.8.1963: P.B.H. and Peter Edmunds (kneeling), Anthony Kelso (on floor), Martin F. Leusby, Alec Gibb (from Edinburgh) and Robert Gibb (from Edinburgh) (standing, right), 2 unidentified (though the one on the right was nicknamed “Titch” (behind, left). Photo by Martin L. Howell.
Spotters from Ringway at Manston 2.2.1969: Geoffrey P. Heddell, David T. Tyler, Stephen T. Thompson, G. Neil Church
Spotters from Ringway at Castle Donington 12.4.1971: David Wilson (“Mr. Click”), Christopher Mann, Gwyn Griffiths and Royston Wass. Mann’s father was a councillor and a street in Wythenshawe is named after him – “George Mann Close”. The Morris Oxford car is P.B.H.’s second such, NVM423.
Ringway 12.8.1972: Ian P. Appleton and David P. McCartney
Ringway 2.6.1973: Ian P. Appleton and Wayne P. Mills
Ringway 22.7.1973: (standing) David P. McCartney, (seated) Neil J. Appleton, Paul Norbury, Christopher Carpenter, Stephen Wood and Michael W. Smith.
Ringway 26.7.1973: Jeffrey Houghton and Nicholas Derbyshire.
Ringway 26.7.1973: Neil J. Appleton (behind), Ian P. Appleton, David Tucker, Andrew Wilson and Jeffrey Houghton.
Spotters from Ringway at Woodford 1.1.1974: Jonathan P. Bailey, Geoffrey Bailey, P.B.H., Michael W. Smith, Kevin P. Mills. Photo by David P. McCartney.
Spotters from Ringway on a “P.B. Enterprises” coach trip between Newcastle and Carlisle 16.3.1974: M. Hyland (front left), Jeffrey Houghton (rear left, hand in front of face), Craig Tattersall (standing), Stephen Barnes and Ian Brooks (back row), believed Paul Chapman (to right of Brooks), A. Dawson and Floyd Adu (sharing seat, Adu with curly hair), Stephen D. Hopkin (“Father Hopkins”) and Stewart Heald (in front of Dawson and Adu), believed Colin Allsobrook and Keith Phillips (in front of Hopkin).
Ringway 5.1974: Neale Davies and Michael Davies (N.B. they were not related; coincidence of surname. Unsure who took photograph; possibly S.M. Sheridan.
Ringway 18.1.1975: Philip S. Lines (“the Highwayman”) and Peter L. Hampson.
John Hicklin, Stuart P. Mulholland, Donald J. Freake (in background) possibly Kenneth Goodwin (behind Hicklin), Geoffrey Bailey (to right of Freake), Peter L. Hampson (to right of Bailey, back view).
A “P.B. Enterprises” group at Prestwick 26.4.1975: Peter L. Hampson, Stuart P. Mulholland and Michael C. Powney in foreground. Hampson and Powney are wearing “P.B. Enterprises” committee badges.
Woodford air show 28.6.1975: Andrew Gajda, Donald J. Freake and Marcus D. Masior.
Woodford air show 28.6.1975: Marcus D. Masior, Anton C. Morrissey, Lee Horsfall and Neil Richards.
Woodford air show 28.6.1975: Gary Power.
Woodford air show 28.6.1975: Marcus D. Masior, R. Hartill, Malcolm Russell.
A “P.B. Enterprises” coach trip at Middle Wallop: Peter Maher (foreground); Kenneth Goodwin (standing, at back), Richard Collinge (with raised hand, in front of Goodwin. The boy in front of Collinge is unidentified.
Paul A. Croghan (nicknamed “Mr. Asac”) (centre), at Middle Wallop 26.7.1975; when P.B.H. first started visiting the airport – the field behind the “Airport Hotel” – in 1962, this person was regularly present and always seemed to attract a gathering of spotters in spite of his unkempt appearance; in 1964 he founded the “Emily B. Bell Memorial Aviation Society” (the name was taken from a wooden building in Cheadle Heath, the “Emily B. Bell Memorial Hall”, dedicated to the wife of a Stockport brewer and nothing to do with aviation), he ran this society until1968 (usually abbreviating the title to “Ebbmas-Aero”, then in 1972 assisted P.B.H. in the foundation of P.B. Enterprises, and continued to attend occasional excursions until 1975. (SEE TRIBUTE)
Ringway 28.2.1976, in front of “south side” hangar: Beech Musketeer G-ASWP (which until not long previously had been based at Vientiane, Laos, and this was the first time P.B.H. had seen it); the man on the left is unknown; the five in front of the aeroplane are Vaughan W.B. Evans, Martin Hennin, Jonathan Evans, Peter L. Hampson and Stuart P. Mulholland.
Peter Elliott and Graham Ousey (SEE TRIBUTE) at the Torbay Aviation Museum, Barton Pines on a “P.B. Enterprises” trip, 17.1.1976
A “P.B. Enterprises” group at Old Warden 25.8.1975: Kenneth Goodwin (foreground, with outstretched arms), Peter L. Hampson (on ground), Donald J. Freake (to left of Hampson), Stuart P. Mulholland (behind Freake), Anton C. Morrissey (to right of Mulholland), Roberth H. Stubbs (between Morrissey and Goodwin), unidentified (behind Stubbs), James Fairbrother (behind and to the right of Goodwin) and Damian Jocys, son of the coach driver Helen Jocys, on extreme right.
Ringway 24.7.1976: David Santhouse, Jeremy Santhouse, Antony Sweet, Wayne Clarke, Christopher Woodfinden.
Ringway 22.1.1977: Michael Szakal and Ian Macdonald.
Ringway 5.2.1977: Martin Hussey, Michael Curry and unidentified.
Ringway 27.11.1976: Alan Ratcliffe and Brian Woolley.
Ringway (date unknown, but would have been in 1976): Peter L. Hampson, Paul Crellin, Stuart W. Mulholland and Timothy Morgan (the person on the left with binoculars is unidentified).
Spotters from Ringway on a “P.B. Enterprises” coach trip to Castle Donington and aerodromes in Lincolnshire 12.2.1977: Michael Yates (left foreground), Barrie Hunt (standing, 2 rows behind), R. Roberts (on extreme right, foreground); sorry can not identify any others.
Spotters from Ringway at Barton 27.2.1977: Michael Curry, Andrew McGarrie, Wayne Clarke, Glynn Carter and Michael Shallcross.
Spotters from Ringway on a “P.B. Enterprises” coach trip at Sutton Bank 17.9.1977: Andrew P. Fearn (standing, in aisle of coach, towards the back); Gary Tabener (unsure of spelling) (standing, looking towards right of picture); can not identify others.
Ringway 15.10.1977: Gary Pattinson, David Sidebottom, Alan Winn.
Ringway 15.10.1977: John Stenhouse (foreground), Gregory Mape, Alan Winn, Gary Pattinson (background). The boy with his back to the camera is unidentified.
Ringway 22.10.1977: Paul Leonard and Mark Shortman.
Ringway 29.4.1978: Barrie Hunt and Nicholas Clark.
Ringway 10.12.1978: Paul Burke and Mark Shortman.
Spotters from Ringway at London (Heathrow) 5.5.1980: Martin A.L. Gresty (then chairman of the “Starliner” aviation society), Carl Lawson, Guy D. Batson, Gary Snelgrove (behind), Alan Mee.
Ringway, September or October 1980: P.B.H. (photo believed to have been taken by G.D. Batson)
Ringway, September or October 1980: Thomas Jacques and J. Edmund Jocelyn.
Ringway, September or October 1980: Guy D. Batson.
Ringway (car park), September or October 1980: Lee Fortune.
Ringway, September or October 1980: Robert Harris.
Ringway, September or October 1980: Ian Broadhurst.
Ringway 1.2.1981: Lee Fortune far left, half off picture), Andrew Smith, Howard Cooke, J.E. Jocelyn, Thomas Jacques (mainly hidden), G.D. Batson, Paul Robinson.
The following photographs are by David McCartney (but developed and printed by P.B.H. in 1973/4)
Ringway 5.8.1973: (left to right) Andrew Wilson, Peter B. Hardy, Michael W. Smith and Neil J. Appleton.
Ringway 5.8.1973: (left to right) Andrew Wilson, Neil J. Appleton, Peter B Hardy and Michael W. Smith.
Ringway 5.8.1973: (left to right) Michael W. Smith, Neil J. Appleton, Andrew Wilson and Peter B. Hardy.
Ringway 5.8.1973: (left to right) Michael W. Smith, Peter B. Hardy and Neil J. Appleton
Ringway 5.8.1973: (left to right) PB Hardy, Michael W. Smith, Neil J. Appleton and Andrew Wilson.
P.B. Enterprises coach trip 6.7.1974: faces here include Martin A.L. Gresty, Philip Doran, Martin Dodd, Ian P. Appleton and David Tucker. The person to the right of the driver’s rear-view mirror is believed to be Michael Herring (according to Paul Jenkinson). P.B.H. is just visible in the centre background, standing up.
