Precious words from WB

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Precious words from WB

Sir,

How sad that we will no longer be able to read new articles by Bill Boddy. He leaves us with a huge legacy of beautifully crafted work based on his encyclopaedic knowledge of most things automotive and many things aeronautical; writing that is still a joy to read many years after it first appeared in print. Until they were lost in a house move, two of my prized mementos were handwritten letters from ‘The Bod’ and DSJ, which were responses to letters from a teenage schoolboy expressing firm views on subjects upon which he was hardly qualified to comment. I was touched then, as I am still, that they took the trouble to write. Michael Crawford, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs