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Four photographs from Microphone Mania.
#1 Eight members of the cast of a musical.
On the reverse 'Cast of "Microphone Mania" produced at Khormaksar - 1935 by No 8 (B) Sqd'. ER Abbott is fourth from the right wearing a blazer.
#2 There is a second…

#1 A scene from the play with Cleopatra, Ladies in Waiting and Heralds. On the reverse 'Cleopatra - Slaves - Ladies in Waiting & Heralds. Boat night 1934'.
#2 Cleopatra and her entourage are seated with "Nero" and his guard. On the reverse 'Roman…

The stage set for Cleopatra's Court. On the reverse 'The stage (by day) setting for Cleopatra's Court'.

An upside down Fairey IIIF. Five airmen are in attendance. On the reverse ' "B" Flight crash (No injuries)'.

A crashed biplane watched over by an airman in shorts and pith helmet.
On the reverse 'Crash at Al-Anod (landing Ground - Aden Protectorate) ("P" K1711 Fairey IIIF) (No injuries)'.

An armoured car at RAF Aden.

A sailing vessel. On the reverse 'Arab "Dhow". - Steamer Point, Aden'.

A rocking box for children at a fair. On the reverse 'The fair at "Crater" (Organised by "8" Sqd: for Jubilee Celebrations)'.

A low level oblique of Djibouti. Streets are laid out in a regular grid pattern. On the reverse 'Djibouti (French Somaliland)'.

A head and shoulders portrait of Squadron Leader Abbott. On the reverse is 'Whiskers? to be or not to be? JD Bennet Bradford 65516'.

The couple are standing at the entrance to a building. The man is dressed in khaki and shorts.

Four airmen relaxing outside around a table.

Two women are sitting on a bed and the other two are standing behind.

Straw huts and some children playing outside.
On the reverse 'Taken at "El Khudad" - Native village'.

A collection of empty bottles outside a building with a veranda. On the reverse 'For DAD & BOB. [E R Abbott's elder brother] OK what about this. "Watney's pint & a half bottles (There's more on the other side of the building too.'

The group of eight are standing outside a pub with a sign 'Ye Olde [indecipherable] Flute'.

Five men sailing a dinghy off the coast of Aden. On the reverse ' "The Endeavour" Aden 34'

Two identical images of Five airmen, the middle one holding a dog.
On the first the second from the left is annotated 'Rodney Coker', the third (holding the dog) is annotated 'Pete (cheers all the best) Tunstall' and the fifth is annotated 'Jim…

A view of the port side of three aircraft in tight formation. Markings are M J9664, P K1711, and N J9671. On the reverse: ' "B" Flight No 8 (B) Sqd. (Fairey III Fs).'

A row of four Hinds.

Four tribesmen standing at the base of a fort.
On the reverse 'Taken at As-Souda. Tribesmen outside their fort. The corner was hit by a 20 lb bomb. (1-6-34)'.

A group of two adults and two children standing in front of two Vickers Vincents. It is captioned 'Murbat Trip (5 planes). 100 miles from Aden'. two aircraft including K4131 are behind them.

Two photographs of a French air force biplane. On the back of each is handwritten 'Visit of French Air Force from French Somaliland'.

The guard room at 8 Squadron, Aden. Also noted on the reverse.

Four photographs from an album. #1 is the Guard Room of 8(B) Squadron at Aden. #2 is the "Sheba's" wells at "Crater" Aden. #3 is three men preparing food on the Murbat trip (5 planes) 1935 with Vickers Vincent in the background. #4 is four tribesmen…