Very sad news, and I don't know how I missed it, but Clive Smithers passed away last year. I didn't know him personally, but I think I'm still linked to all his Blogs: Hinton Hunter, The Lone S Ranger and Vintage Wargaming, and either he, or another of the party invited me to join a non-public Blog where attempts were made to ID old lead figures, where all were friendly and polite - I wasn't much help on that front (I think a few early metal posts had given a false impression of my knowlage in that field!), and I quietly excluded myself after a year or two when it had gone quite.
Clive did a lot of important work ID'ing the old Alberken 'S' Range (precursors of Minifigs) and tracking down the more esoteric Hinton Hunt's, he also kept the early Lamming sculpts in the news, so will be sorely missed by the War Gaming hobby.
His collection is currently being sold by his brother, and there is more here;
https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/20175401.toy-soldiers-get-thousands-pounds-auction/
And a lovely tribute here which I seem to have missed at the time;
http://prometheusinaspic.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-old-metal-detector-personal.html
Off to the great board-game in the sky huh? Rest in peace Clive.
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