Second, a group of 49 uniformed men arranged in front of 46 Lord St. Blackpool. Four men have officer's hat and the rest are in side caps. Seventeen are crouched on the pavement, 22 standing and ten standing in an elevated position. The house is on the corner of a street with a 'MARKLAND' plaque to the right of the front door. To the left of the property is an advertising sign for 'Motor Coach Tours'.

Identification kindly provided by Graham Walton of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Facebook Group]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> William Cragg]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Liverpool]]> 1939]]> 1939-09-03]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> 1941-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Places]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> The centre image on the left page is a portrait head and shoulders photograph with a caption "RON".
The bottom right photograph shows a men in shorts with the caption "ANDY".
The top left photograph on the right page shows three men in military uniform.
The top right photograph on the right page also shows three men in military uniform.
The bottom left photograph on the right page shows five men in military uniforms standing perpendicular to the camera, looking to their left facing the camera. The caption reads "BOB, ALAN, ME, GORDON, DUNCAN".
The bottom right photograph on the right page shows five men in military uniform standing in front of a building, with the caption "ALAN-BOB-GORDON-SCRUFF-JOE".
the right page is captioned "Moncton, New Brunswick".
On the reverse, the centre photograph is captioned with an indecipherable name and a postal stamp which is dated "7 JUL 1941".
Also on the reverse of the bottom right photograph on the left page is some indecipherable handwriting.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> 1941-07-07]]>
Bottom left shows a group of men and women outside a building with an indecipherable sign, which reads "HURST" on the bottom. The men are in military uniforms.
Bottom right shows a group of men and women. The front row are sitting while the back row behind them are standing. The group is in front of hedge and a building.
The pages of the album read "Blackpool -May 1941" and "Blackpool".
The reverse of the top photograph shows "Rapide, 38. Central Blackpool". Also written on the photograph is the date "7 Jul 1941".
The bottom right image shows "Blackpool July 1941" and "Best Wishes from" and some indecipherable handwriting. ]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> 1941-05]]> 1941-07]]> 1941-07-07]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cara Walmsley]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Warrington]]> England--London]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Marlborough]]> Canada]]> Alberta]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Australia]]> New South Wales]]> New South Wales--Bowral]]> 1943]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Fleetwood]]>

On the reverse '9 West-End road billets - left to right, Inglis - Penicuik, Reid - Cardenden, Hay - Glasgow, White - Hawick, Little - Maxwell Town Dumfries, Lauder - Duns-Scotland, McDonald - Edinburgh, Cpl Arnold - Morecomb, McMaster - Oban, Leith - Kirkaldy, Doughty - Preston Pans/Edinburgh, Money - Glasgow, Jenkins - Glasgow, Menzies - Dundee'.

In the photograph is Kathlen's future husband, Andrew Reid from Cardenden in Fife was an aircraft engineer who served in North Africa and Italy

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Midlothian]]> Scotland--Penicuik]]> Scotland--Fife]]> Scotland--Cardenden]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Scotland--Roxburghshire]]> Scotland--Hawick]]> Scotland--Dumfries]]> Scotland--Berwickshire]]> Scotland--Duns]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Morecambe]]> Scotland--Argyll and Bute]]> Scotland--Oban]]> Scotland--Kirkcaldy]]> Scotland--Prestonpans]]> Scotland--Dundee]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Paul Smith]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Training material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1945-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> Norway]]> Norway--Sola]]> England--Preston (Lancashire)]]> 1913-12-13]]> 1940-08]]> 1941-04-18]]> 1942-02-13]]> 1942-02-21]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Sri Lanka]]> Sri Lanka--Colombo]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> 1944-02-16]]> 1943-08-22]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Paul Ross]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> New Zealand]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Leeds]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Hull]]> Germany--Brunsbüttel (Schleswig-Holstein)]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> Scotland--Perth]]> Wales--Cardiff]]> 1943-08-27]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Manchester]]> Germany--Remscheid]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> 1943-07-30]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending text-based transcription. Other languages than English]]> fra]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sale]]> France--Eure]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1948-02-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> England--London]]> France--Caudebec-en-Caux]]> France--Eure]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1944-06-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Bottom: Arthur with some of his fellow tradesmen in the Mobile Servicing Squadron somewhere in France, posed in three ranks on the steps to one of their mobile offices/workshops. Bottom row, right is Charles Frederick Ruff.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> England--Blackpool]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Birkenhead]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1932-09-27]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Birkenhead]]> Wales--Ruthin (Denbighshire)]]> England--Lancashire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Preston (Lancashire)]]> 1906-01-30]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Birkenhead]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1932-09-27]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Birkenhead]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1932-09-27]]> Right - three airmen wearing tunics, two sitting in front and one standing behind. Captioned 'No 3 school of technical training, Blackpool, Jan 1943, Wally Green, Wilf Buzanne, self'.
Note underneath - '103 Sqdn Lanc JB 458-C, crashed at Oberan, nr Altenstad, Germany, Sgt E S Siddall killed, Sgt W C Buzan killed (undelined) , Sgt D Blue killed, Sgt A M Grimson killed, Sgt C Evans killed, Sgt C Wood POW Stalag 6, Sgt N D Taylor killed, "Berlin" 26/27 Nov 1943'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sparkes, Ned. Album]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Altenstadt (Hesse)]]> 1942-08]]> 1943-01]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-11-27]]>