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PSaundersEJ20010077.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
Photos 1 and 2 are street scenes in the French colony at Suez.
Photos 3 and 4 are the swimming pool and swimming carnival.

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PSaundersEJ20010031.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is an airman lying on the ground, captioned 'The Gopher Hunters'.
Photo 2 is two airmen sitting on the ground, captioned 'Wag & Ramsay'.
Photo 3 is a horse and cart captioned 'Trotting at Portage'.
Photo 4…

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PSaundersEJ20010017.jpg
Six photographs from an album.
Photo 1 and 2 are the same. Sam skating, captioned 'My first attempt'.
Photo 3 is nine skaters and spectators taking a break, captioned 'The match against the officers (we lost)'.
Photo 4 is a mishap on the ice,…

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PSaundersEJ20010002.jpg
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Sam on a bike, captioned 'N.C.U. Sports - Egg and Spoon Race'.
Photo 2 is a group of cyclists including Sam, captioned 'N.C.U. Jubilee Ride'
Photo 3 is a large building, captioned 'Derwent Youth Hostel'.

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BThickettPSaundersEJv10011.jpg
Two pages detailing some of Sam's time in Egypt.
Photo 1 is HMS Sagitta from the air.
Photo 2, 3 and 4 are Sam working on a lamp.
Photo 5 is Sam playing tennis.
Photo 6 is Sam and colleague in khaki and shorts.
Photo 7 is a letter in…

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BThickettPSaundersEJv10006.jpg
Sam at work and play in the snow.
Photo 1 is Sam at the navigator's station on an Anson.
Photo 2 and 4 snowy landscapes from an Anson.
Photo 3 is an air to air of the starboard side of an Anson.
Photo 5 is an ice hockey team resting.
Photo 6 is…

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PQuineJW16020234.jpg
Top left - in the centre a man over the top of a high jump bar. One man watches from the right. To the left another man standing and one sitting on the ground. In the background centre a telegraph pole and a building. Captioned 'High jump'.
Top…

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PQuineJW16020202.jpg
Top left - a man with shorts but no shirt with racket in front playing tennis on a court with building in the background. Captioned 'Dont [sic] miss it George'.
Top right - in the foreground four men in sports kit playing football. Other men in the…

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PQuineJW16020197.jpg
Top left - man standing with shorts but no shirt with tennis racket behind his head at the back of a tennis court, In the background buildings left and right with road between. Captioned 'The Binder has a quiet game of tennis'.
Top right - three…

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MFordTA1585520-170411-15.pdf
This edition covers an Editorial, poems, the padres notes, romantic fiction, a car chase in London, a list of expenditure of the station's social funds, recollections of flying in the Great War, Christmas stories, Officers Mess gossip, a story about…

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MFordTA1585520-170411-14.pdf
This edition has adverts, an Editorial, reminisces by Dr Vyse, an appreciation of the arrival of the RAF at Weyburn, photographs of Weyburn, stories about Gremlins, a fictitious love story, photos of dances, Weyburn library, poems, love stories, a…

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EFordTAFordAG-[Mrs]-M430106.jpg
Letter from Terry Ford to his family. He writes that he is now awaiting his next posting and that he has had a good time doing different social activities. He describes falling through the ice and into the river and having to run back to base as it…

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PFordTA17110067.pdf
Four items from an album.
Item 1 is a photo of five men in swimming trunks at a beach bar, captioned 'Eric, Ken, Cliff and self'.
Item 2 is a photo of a man in trunks sitting on a chair, captioned 'John at boat club, Karachi'.
Item 3 is a postcard…

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PFordTA17110066.pdf
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Terry Ford in khaki and shorts captioned 'Self outside billet Mauripur'.
Photo 2 are Terry Ford and two men, all in swimming shorts, captioned 'Cliff, Todge and Self'.
Photo 3 is Cliff and Terry Ford.…

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PFordTA17110064.pdf
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a horse and cart for tourists, captioned 'Gharry driver, Valetta'.
Photo 2 is five airmen. Four are sitting on a low wall and the fifth is lying in front. All are wearing swimming trunks. The image is…

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PFordTA17110046.pdf
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is four civilians on bikes, captioned 'Cycling out to Stanhope Beach'.
Photo 2 is two civilians on bikes, one drinking from a can, captioned 'Fil refreshes himself'.
Photo 3 is four civilians resting by a…

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PFordTA17110026.pdf
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is Portage street scene at night.
Photo 2 is a man standing in snow, captioned 'Mr Reid'.
Photo 3 is two airmen with long skis, captioned 'Jock and Self'.

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PFordTA17110016.pdf
Four photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a group of eight airmen on the station skating rink.
Photo 2 is a group of eight airmen standing in a row, captioned 'Assorted group'.
Photo 3 and 4 are five and six airmen, respectively, sitting on bunk…

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PFordTA17060002.jpg
Four men sitting on a low wall with a fifth man lying in front.

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EFordTAFordAG-[Mrs]-Y-M430526-0001.jpg
Terry Ford writes to his family about enjoying the course now that the weather has improved. By the end of the course he will be a qualified navigator and a pilot. He has received a letter from Uncle Claude inviting him to go to New York with him.

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EFordTAFordAG-[Mrs]-Y-M420414-0001.jpg
Terry Ford writes to his parents about having received their letter and a parcel. He is going to see an exhibition of table–tennis of the world champions, they were invited by the Duke of Kent. Terry talks about Yvonne going to a Horticulture…

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EFordTAFordAG-[Mrs]-M420402-0001.jpg
A letter from Terry Ford to his family, where he writes about the accommodation in Stratford. He also lists some of the places he visited whilst in London – Tower of London, Tower bridge, Big Ben, Westminster abbey, the Mall and Buckingham Palace…

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PEdgarAG19010127.jpg
A football team plus four others, one of whom is wearing an RAF crest on his top.

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PEdgarAG19010126.jpg
The team is lined up and a civilian is shaking their hands, watched by an officer.

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PEdgarAG19010013.jpg
A group of eleven footballers in kit plus three officers and three civilians. At the front are three cups.

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