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Old 11-06-2015, 02:13 PM
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Their shop on Queen st til not that long ago was an off licence Newspapers etc?? originally they were Chemists & Druggists in * Queen St. reference found of this in existence in 1925 !
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Old 11-06-2015, 03:26 PM
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Leslie, I take it you know of Bob Purvis DFC ?
and his "trip" to Bordeaux resulting in him managing to get the Lancaster and crew back with an unscheduled landing at Bolt Head?

http://www.550squadronassociation.or...ews/FORPurvis/
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Old 11-06-2015, 06:36 PM
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Yes he was a very good friend of my dad! A very brave man . stood with him at Memorial a few times! my dad served in RAF through and after war then started work as Civvi cook at Acklington til it closed 30 years total RAF service !

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Around 1980 Bob and my father went off for a special visit to the Battle of Britain Flight at Scampton. They obviously made an impression as about 1 week later the Lancaster on its way back from an airshow did a very low level circuit of Amble centred on Oswald St!! I will never forget the sound of those 4 merlins as I had a grandstand view from my parents loft room.

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Old 12-06-2015, 08:19 AM
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He's wearing his medal ribbon in that photo.
All the aircrew are also wearing their ditching whistles. Now widely copied. (they copy everything now )
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Old 13-06-2015, 09:33 AM
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Lancaster Bomber Poem 001.jpgWhen dad died in 1995 in his wallet we found an old folded piece of paper, on opening it we discovered this . he had carried it since his time in WW2 with RAF. there is no known author ! we Checked with war museum they did not have a copy (Original with them now) plus RAF Battle of britain flight and museum given copies!

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