Many thanks for the comments chaps. Much appreciated.
Tinto: there are a few Essex items I don't have.............some of them being in ExPatYeoman's album.
Ian: re the photos, I used an extremely advanced and complicated technique to obtain them, a ploy I learnt from the one and only Jelly Terror, I adapted it slightly for my particular needs.
Equipment needed: iphone; sheet of white paper; small table; daylight; items to photograph and a coffee jar.
Method: place the small table in a position where there is good natural daylight; put the paper on the table; put the badge on the paper; stand the coffee jar on the paper; open the camera on the iphone; place iphone on the top of the jar; adjust the screen to size required and take the picture.
My adaptation was to use a pint glass filled with Guinness, reason being so that I could have a drink in between pictures.
Merry Christmas all.
Regard.
Brian