TAFF - pg 14 Norman Ashfield writes: A telephone call from Ted Carnell on Sunday morning 10 April, brought me my first personal contact with Don. Soon after I started talking to him, on the 'Blower', his reaction in a deep rich voice was 'I don't get you'; I had forgotten that Don was used to slower speech and not my fast almost cockneyish way of speaking (By the time he left me on Monday 11 April, I an sure my speech had considerably slowed down--I was getting in less w.p.m.) (Words per minute) I went over to Plumstead, and after losing myself there, I finally landed up at Burwash Road, where I met Don in person. He certainly was as tall as I'd been told, but turned out to be a very pleasant person to know, and I soon got used to his height and forgot the difference in stature. We then travelled back by double-decker bus, Don choosing to go up- stairs so he could spread himself more and see more, to 81 Valliers Wood Road, Sidcup, Kent (my new address-all interested persons please note'), Don taking an active interest in everything--a 'MonkeyPuzzle' tree had him puzzled too! At Sidcup, Don met Molly my wife of a few weeks, and my step-daughter, Janet, who corresponds with Don's daughter, Terry. Don was soon at ease with us and we with him. Of course there were some misunderstandings based on the different 'Dingo'. I learnt that 'THE bathroom' and the 'BATHroom' meant two different things, and understood Don's astonishment when I had told him that in my old house, the bathroom was in the kitchen (The 'bath' was, but it took a few minutes to straigh- ten things out.) We had also to get used to the idea that the 'fall' was the 'Autumn' and not the 'Fall of Man!. Don stayed with us that night and We would cheerfully have had him longer had he not had so many other fans wanting him to stay with them. the tree of us found him excellent company and greatly appreciated having him with us. It was grand to meet someone I had corresponded with for so many years and find he was all one could have hoped. Don spent much time taking photographs--in fact I was astonished at the amount of photographic equipment and films he had brought with him. (He arrived in England with two cases about 22 lbs each, on full of clothes etc, and the other full of films lenses etc.) But when I saw his exhibition of coloured slides at the Convention, I fully understood why he had devoted so much travelling weight to his hobby; I have never seen such good colour transparencies as he showed there, especially those of Cincinnati by night. Thank you for sending such a fine friend over here. I believe that US, fandom will find it difficult to produce another TAFF delegate to equal Don. Norman Ashfield.