Yes Lymington is lovely, I worked around there some time ago.
i can't believe you had a Watkins Rapier, I had one as well (red) also in the 60s, I had aspirations of being Hank Marvin...LOL,If I remember right the thick lacquer on it got scratched very easily. Those were the days eh. :)
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