... witnessed one of these back in the early 1980s in Finningley village
....
I think I wrote it up in a 'Weather' at the time, but can't remember now .... Martin

Weather, May 1994, Vol. 49, p. 192, Letters to the Editor:
"Dust Devils ... As an example, I should like to relate the following personal experience. On 18 August 1984, my wife and I attended a local fête in the village of Finningley, South Yorkshire, hard by the RAF airfield of the same name, where I was then stationed ... (etc) ... M.G. Rowley, St Albans, Hertfordshire."

I have a PDF scan of that edition of "Weather" here on my computer. I can send you a copy of the whole letter by e-mail, if you want.

Colin Youngs
Brussels