Jonathan – why didn’t you tell me you were thinking of coming - I would have been happy to have met you at the gallery and given you a tour!
Only about a quarter of my entire collection was on display, but as you will have seen, there wouldn’t have been room for anything else without making it look too cluttered. I would have loved to have had all the pre-war models lined up in sequence, so people could follow the evolution from one model to the next, but I had to be ruthless!
Did you have a chance to look round the rest of the gallery?
Dave and Stephen - thanks! I wouldn't contemplate transporting my vacs any other way! I'm happy to report everything survived the exhibition - and travel at both ends - unscathed; nothing scratched, scuffed, torn or missing!
It took all morning to get everything dismantled and driven home, then most of the afternoon to get it put back where it should be. I was exhausted by the end of it, but it's good to feel it's all over now, and everything's safely tucked away where it belongs.
Pete – oh, I manage...the yoga helps!
Terry – thank you, I guess I am proud of everything. I’m delighted the public embraced the unconventional subject matter so enthusiastically! Getting to meet so many people and talking to them about their memories and experiences was probably the best thing about the whole show. No time to grow complacent, though - on to the next project!
