Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/08/landolord_buys_vulcan/
Pub landlord secures Vulcan for £15k
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Posted in Bootnotes, 8th November 2004 11:23 GMT
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A pub landlord from Dukinfield, Cheshire has secured Avro Vulcan XL391 with a winning bid of £15,102.03. Christopher Ollerenshaw will display the beast outside the Snipe Inn after winning the eBay auction [1] for the Cold War relic.
XL391 has spent the last 20 years or so gradually rotting away at Blackpool airport. Former owner Brian Bateson paid £6,000 for it after decommissioning in 1982, although at one point the eBay bidding frenzy reached £7m before the online auction site intervened to put an end to the madness.
Ollerenshaw told the BBC [2]: "I'm not really sure why I bid for it, we've been to Blackpool so many times and passed it," before admitting: "I'm scared stiff of flying; perhaps it is as well it is staying on the ground." His wife Bev offered: "It's barmy, I can't believe he's done it." ®
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