Cathie Hewitt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> China]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> China--Hong Kong]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> England--Weston-super-Mare]]> Germany--Gütersloh]]> England--Durham (County)]]>
Ken describes his schoolboy life in Durham, including leaving the Anderson Shelter one evening and watching searchlights scanning the sky over Sunderland. One bombing on Durham was shortly after Coventry had been bombed: the mist rose from the river and shrouded the city, with local folklore being St Cuthbert protecting the Cathedral. During his father’s service at RAF Woodhall Spa, Ken recalled travelling there with his mother from Durham by train and seeing extensive bomb damage to York railway station. Ken served three years in the RAF, posted to RAF Insworth a non-flying RAF station where the RAF Records Section was based, transferring to the Coronation Unit for training ahead of the ceremony in 1953. He recalled route lining in the Haymarket, due to the narrowing of the road he was very close to the Queen’s coach and in the evening went to Buckingham Palace and assisted the police with crowd control. Ken recalls watching The Dambusters film with his father in 1955 and his father commenting on the accuracy of the film.]]>
Joyce Sharland]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jim Sheach]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Second generation]]> Great Britain]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Tyne and Wear]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Durham]]> England--London]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1943-05]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1953]]> 1954]]> 1955]]>
England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> Don then joined the Society of Friends (Quakers) and worked for a farming network run by farmers and pacifists. He stayed at one near Market Rasen for 25 years working with poultry and horses. He finally worked for 18 years, until he was 62, in foundry offices on the outskirts of Lincoln. Don would give out printed materials in Lincoln on pacifism and one woman slapped him on the face saying “how dare you”.]]> Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> British Army]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Market Rasen]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> He names the crew and describes their roles, including the ground crews, details the activities before an operation, and lists his operations he was involved in.

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WH Brooker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Georgie Donaldson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Orange]]> Victoria--Geelong]]> New South Wales--Harden]]> Victoria]]> New South Wales--Lismore]]> South Australia--Adelaide]]> Great Britain]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> England--High Wycombe]]> France--Lorient]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> France--Brest]]> Belgium--Leopoldsburg]]> France--Saumur]]> France--Cherbourg]]> France--Rennes]]> France--Orléans]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Victoria]]> France]]> New South Wales]]> South Australia]]> Germany]]> Belgium]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> 1944]]>
Second is of five men, four in overalls and flat caps the one in the centre in uniform, coal trucks in background, reverse captioned 'Dad "Skipper", photographers stamp Turners (Photography Ltd), 99 -105 Northumberland Street, Newcastle on Tyne.']]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> 1955-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Toronto]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> Ontario--Midland]]> Great Britain]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> Québec--Montréal]]> Ontario]]> Québec]]> Alberta]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Atlantic Ocean--Gulf of Saint Lawrence]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Selby]]> England--Leeds]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> 1943-02-24]]> Ada Bremner]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> 1944-02-14]]> The Yorkshire Post]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Atlantic Ocean--Gulf of Saint Lawrence]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Leeds]]> England--Selby]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> 1943-02-24]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Newcastle upon Tyne]]> England--London]]> England--Grantham]]> England--Birkenhead]]> England--Oxford]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> Norway--Stavanger]]> Sudan]]> France]]> North Africa]]> Norway]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1939-09]]> 1939-10]]> 1940]]> 1941-05-08]]> #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 taken in Newcastle on 8th June 1919.
#4 is Cathie's brother, Neil, captioned Age 18, Hornchurch 1934.
The captions explain the family - Allan, Thomas & Molly are brothers and sisters. Molly is the mother of Buster, Allan is the father of Nancy & Thomas is the father of Cathie (Catherine Allan) & Neil (Neil Andersen).]]>
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