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Don Falgate with yo-yo 1933
Captioned 'Self with yo-yo (on a string) in back garden of 22 Devonshire Ave.'
Letter to Mary from Mildred Stopes-Roe
Thanks for letter, photographs and book sent. Invites her to visit. Writes that she has decided to go on a cruise with a lady friend. Recites itinerary and goes on with family and domestic news.
Ankara Yenişehir Gazi
Roy Chadwick Writes to wife Mary Chadwick about the slowness of doing business in Ankara Turkey and hopes there will be a letter from her when he get back to Istanbul. On the front a photograph of a square in Istanbul with statue in foreground and…
Postcard from the Vatican
Writes to wife Mary Chadwick that he is in the Vatican and is due to get train at 2 pm. Hope he will be home Saturday. On the front religious artwork.
Letter from Roy Chadwick to wife Mary Chadwick
Written aboard ship on route to Brindisi. Writes of journey through Greek archipelago and about travelling companions. Says that he will arrive in Brindisi in the morning and take train to Rome. Hopes to spend a couple of days in Rome before taking…
Letter from Roy Chadwick to Mary Chadwick
Writes that he is enjoying Greece more that Turkey and that as finished most of his business in Turkey, he wished that she could be with him for sightseeing. Writes of his arrival in Athens and meeting British official and a cavalry officer on leave…
Letter from Roy Chadwick to wife Mary Chadwick
Written after arrival in Ankara Turkey. Writes about the city and weather. Writes that representatives from De Haviland have been in Ankara but have departed. Talks of Turkish people and catches up with family news.
Letter from Roy Chadwick to wife Mary Chadwick
Letter saying he has arrived in Istanbul. Writes of business matters, weather, view from window. Writes that he hopes things will go well with Turkish authorities in Ankara and hope for good business results. Writes that he will be leaving for…
David Donaldson passport
Issued in may 1933 to David Donaldson as government official. Stamps for Germany 1934, France 1933, Visas for Romania 1935, Yugoslavia 1935, Bulgaria 1935, Greece 1935, USA 1941.
Letter to David Donaldson from Peter E Dart
Letter to David Donaldson from a former school friend who wrote from Germany relating some of his experiences. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
Jim Taylor's RAF Memoirs 1932-1939
An autobiography of Jim Taylor's time in the RAF before the war. He spent time training with Oliver Bell, who is recorded in the memoir.
No 8 (B) Christmas Dinner Menu 1933
The menu for dinner at Aden in 1933. On the reverse are some signatures.
Wheelwright, abandoned wagon, Winson, suited man
Left page:
Top left - three men putting the rim onto a wagon wheel with barn and houses in the background.
Middle left - three men carrying wheel rim towards the wooden wheel while another man waits with tools in hand.
Bottom left - on the left…
Top left - three men putting the rim onto a wagon wheel with barn and houses in the background.
Middle left - three men carrying wheel rim towards the wooden wheel while another man waits with tools in hand.
Bottom left - on the left…
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…
Bottom page - four…
Exam result
Note that K Gill was first in class list at Beckett St Boys School, Dec 1933.
Hawker Hart in Flight
A colourised air-to-air image of a Hawker Hart, K2448.
Three Vickers Victorias
Three Victorias seen from the port side and slightly above. On the reverse '216 Sqdn Vickers Victoria 1933'.
People
Top - young boy in shorts standing by tennis net. Captioned 'Pete 1933'.
Bottom left - woman wearing skirt, blouse and hat waling on a path. Captioned '1937'.
Bottom right - two men, one wearing blazer and slacks the other a suit standing in…
Bottom left - woman wearing skirt, blouse and hat waling on a path. Captioned '1937'.
Bottom right - two men, one wearing blazer and slacks the other a suit standing in…
School report
St Faith's Junior Boys School. Shows exam results and some comments.
The Children's Bible
Inside page with Sunday School details of Maurice Monks in 1933.
Four photographs of RAF men
Top left - three airmen wearing battledress and side caps standing in line with trees in the background. Submitted with description 'Three airmen in uniform, standing in front of hedge. Left to right: P/O Roberts - rear gunner, F/O Bob Wake - bomb…
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…
P I Harris’s pilots flying log book
Pilots flying log book for P I Harris, covering the period from 12 January 1932 to 29 September 1937. Detailing his flying training and pre war flying duties with 35, 6 and 47 squadrons. He was stationed at RAF Digby, RAF Bircham Newton, RAF Ramleh,…
FG Bower
Photo 1 is a head and shoulders portrait of F G Bower.
Photo 2 is a boy standing in a back yard.
Photo 3 is a boy with a sun hat standing on a beach.
Photo 4 is a boy and a woman standing on stepping stones, annotated '1933'.
Photo 5 is a boy and…
Photo 2 is a boy standing in a back yard.
Photo 3 is a boy with a sun hat standing on a beach.
Photo 4 is a boy and a woman standing on stepping stones, annotated '1933'.
Photo 5 is a boy and…
Four men in front of an Avro Ten
Four men standing in line in front of a three engine monoplane with enclosed cabin parked on grass, Registration VH-UXX and 'Faith in Australia' on rear starboard fuselage. There are four signatures over the front fuselage. On the reverse 'Pioneer…