One of the posters in the collection is from 1982 when the BBM&L mounted an exhibition of ballooning in the Newbury District Museum. It only ran from December 1981 to January 1982 but it was a popular place and gave people an opportunity to learn about ballooning and its importance around Newbury.
There is a book in our library which chronicles the ballooning activity from Marsh Benham near Newbury from 1972 which firmly established it as a popular launch site and venue for the legendary Icicle Meet held annually over the first weekend of January.