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  • Temporal Coverage is exactly "1928"

Interview with Rosemary Lapham
Rosemary Lapham is the daughter of Roy Chadwick CBE, the designer of the Manchester and Lancaster aircraft. She tells her father’s story. Her father was born in 1893 and, when he left school at the age of 14, he became a draughtsman at Westinghouse…

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Don Falgate with mother and sister, 1928
Captioned 'Self between sister Elsie and mother. Leslie Robinson in the background, Elsie's husband and dog 'Boy' Photo at Police House, Grimsby, about 1928.'

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Don Falgate with mother and dog 1928
Captioned 'Self with mother and 'Boy', my sister Elsie's dog. Photo taken about 1928.'

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Fanny, Arthur, Arthur Froude and Alison Mary Thomas
Photos 1 and 2 are the same and are of Fanny Thomas.
Photo 3 is Arthur's family cottage at Banwell with Arthur and Alison outside.
Photo 4 is a half length portrait of Arthur Thomas, son of Uncle Edwin and Aunt Mary. He died on active service in…

Arthur Thomas, his sister and his mother and father
Photo 1 is Arthur and his sister, Alison standing outside their cottage in Banwell, taken about 1928.
Photo 2 is Arthur as a baby with his mother and father, taken in 1922.

Fanny, Arthur, Alison and Charles Thomas
Photo 1 and 2 are the same. Fanny is holding Charles with Arthur and Alison standing on either side.
Photo 3 and 4 are the same. Fanny is holding Charles with Alison at her side.

Avro 604 Antelope
Side view of a single engine two seat biplane registration J-9183 standing on grass with trees in the background. On the reverse 'Avro Antelope 1928, Hamble'.

Avro Avenger
Front quarter view of a single engine biplane with engine running standing on grass. There are two men on the port side talking to the pilot while another three look on from the port wingtip. Another man stands behind the starboard wing. On the…

Roy Chadwick - no finer aircraft designer - volume 1 (draft)
The story of Roy Chadwick, Chief Designer of A.V. Roe & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1947, The aircraft he designed, and the lasting contribution he made to Britain's aviation industry. Covers chapter 1 - 15. Starts with early years and then a has a chapter…

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Bill Lutwyche
Bill is sitting down in uniform and is holding a book. Information supplied with the collection states '1928 Aircraft Apprentice'.

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Bill Lutwyche, Mother and Sister
The three are posed formally. Information supplied with the collection states '1928 with sister Betty and Mother'.

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Arnold Christian's Wife and Family
Four photographs on a page.
#1 is Arnold's wife, Catherine, taken in 1928.
#2 is a woman, Molly, with four children - Buster, Nancy, Cathie and Neil.
#3 is two men (Allan and Tom) with four children - Buster, Neil, Nancy and Cathie.
#2 and 3 were…

Wheelwrights
Top page - b/w image of three men holding up the metal rim of a wooden wagon wheel which is on the grass to the right, In the background a stone barn and a house. Captioned '"Bonding", "Fred", Father, Bill Stevens, 1933', '1933'.
Bottom page - four…

Abbotsinch, Renfrew, Dunoon, and Hawkinge
Six photographs, First is of two airmen, one in a bowler hat clowning with mock motorcycle with oversize tyres, single storey building and elderly civilian in back ground, captioned 'Abbotsinch 1933'.
Second is photograph of a biplane with its…

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Blackburn
Air-to-air view of a Blackburn Blackburn reconnaissance and spotter aircraft N9828, captioned 'Blackburn 1928'.

Leuchars 1928
Three photographs, first is an oblique aerial photograph of RAF Leuchars from the air showing the hangars, parked biplane aircraft of several types and part of the airfield, captioned 'Leuchars 1928'.
Second shows an aircraft surrounded by…

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Gloster Gamecock, Blackburn Bison, and Halton training airframe
Three photographs, the first is of an aircraft being lifted onto or off its tail dolly used to tow steer the aircraft when being moved on the ground, captioned 'Gloster Gamecock 1928'. Second is of a biplane flying over open country, captioned…

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602 Squadron Leuchars
Three photographs, first is of eight airmen, posed in two rows in front of a hedge, captioned '602 Sqdn. air gunners "Leuchars" 1929'.
Second is of 20 airmen some standing some reclining in front of a large building, captioned 'Leuchars 1929'.…

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Seaside crowd
Crowd of people in sun-loungers on beach. On the reverse 'Dad, Lewis, Renee, mum, 1928?'.

The Marr family
Portrait of a seated man in a suit and tie to the left and a woman in a collard dress and cardigan with a pearl necklace to the right. Between the couple is a round wooden table on which is sat Donald James Taylor Marr (b.1923 d.1944) and a younger…

The Old Ride School List, Christmas Term 1928
A list of students, including Maurice Jacoby.

Dan Nash memoir
Born in 1916, Dan spent his early childhood in Kent with his grandmother before moving back to his parents in Fulham. He left school aged 16 to undertake a job with the Hudson's Bay Fur Company, where he met Joyce, his future wife. At the outbreak of…

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