John Tompkins passed on this cutting from the Daily Telegraph, February 20th 2002.
Desmond Plunkett: Telegraph obituary February 2002
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Category Archives: History
Peter Twiss obituary, the Times September 2011
This cutting of Peter Twiss’s obituary in the Times, 2nd September 2011, was pass on by John Tompkins.
If the wording is difficult to read, keep clicking on the image, it should enlarge enough to be readable.
Captain John Fairey – Times obituary July 2009
This cutting of the obituary of John Fairey has been passed on by John Tompkins.
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Southern Rhodesia – photo album from John Keay
This photo album was passed on by Lawrence Scott for inclusion here. The photographs date mostly from 1950/51, and are of operations in Southern Rhodesia, except for the first few, which presumably were taken en route to Rhodesia in Fairey’s Dakota G-AKNM.
Most of the photographs have notes on the back, so they have been included as is, rather than having captions which might be incorrect interpretations.
Click on the links to open, then you should be able to enlarge the images enough to read the writing on the backs of the photos. Putting the pictures in as ‘jpg’ photographs didn’t work – it wasn’t possible to enlarge them enough to read the notes. If anyone wants the digital pictures, please get in touch using the ‘Contact’ page, and they can be sent by email.
Rhodesia album envelope photos
This last photograph is included as it was inside the album, but has also been put into the ‘Social Life’ section.
Clyde Surveys special occasion?
Attached is a photograph from Colin Price of the Clyde Surveys Managing Director signing what is presumably an important document or contract, with Miles Henry on his left. Can anyone identify the occasion and date?
Miles Henry, Clyde MD (?), ?, ?
Clyde House, Reform Road
The old office of Fairey Surveys, Reform Road, Maidenhead, rebadged with the Clyde Surveys sign.
Southern Africa photos
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Adrian Workman contributed these photos from Southern Africa from the early 1960s. Click on the photos for a larger image.
Christmas in Saudi Arabia 1967
Bob Purcell sent this wonderful description of his experience on a survey job in Saudi Arabia, moving equipment from Jeddah to Riyadh over Christmas.
Memorabilia
Derek Minter starts this post off with his old employment letters. Does anyone have any other interesting bits and pieces to add? All contributions gratefully received – use the Contact form to let us know if you have anything, and we’ll be in touch. We don’t have to post names …
Fairey Air Surveys Rhodesia
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Attached are a number of photographs taken at the Fairey Air Surveys Rhodesian office. We have no dates or names for these, so any help it identify them would be appreciated. Click on the photograph to expand to full size.