Personnel – Page 7 – Fairey Surveys

25 July, 2013

Request for photos or memories of John Owen Penrose (Pen)

An email has been received from Mrs Sarah Paddison, the daughter of John Owen Penrose (Pen) a former pilot for Fairey Surveys, until the late 1960s or early 1970s:

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I would be very grateful to know if anyone has any memories or photographs of my father John Owen Penrose (Pen). I recently made my first trip back to White Waltham aerodrome but could not find anything other than the company logo in the Flying club bar.
My first memories of the airfield are getting up early, walking across the road from our house to pick mushrooms with Dad, for breakfast.
Any information would be much appreciated, thank you

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If anyone has any information or photographs to share, please leave a comment, and we’ll pass on your details to Mrs Paddison.

7 June, 2013

Maurice Huggett, Dennis Shearing & Freddie Worton

This photograph was passed on by John Tompkins. It has no date, but presumably was taken at one of the FSL reunions at the White Waltham cricket club.

Apologies for the quality, but the original photograph is a bit out of focus.

7 June, 2013

Vic Harding: In memoriam

This set of pictures of Vic Harding were passed on by his widow Ann, and are from the Funeral Order of Service.

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Léopold Heimes: In memoriam

Léopold (Pol) Heimes joined the RAF after escaping from Belgium in 1940, and took part in the Battle of Britain. These two items were passed on by John Tompkins.

Apologies for the quality – these were printed copies which were scanned.

7 June, 20137 June, 2013

Desmond Plunkett: Telegraph obituary February 2002

John Tompkins passed on this cutting from the Daily Telegraph, February 20th 2002.

Desmond Plunkett Telegraph obituary

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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.

2 June, 2013

Walter Smith, August 2010

This great photograph of Walter Smith was passed on by John Tompkins.

Click on the image to enlarge it.

2 June, 2013

Captain John Fairey – Times obituary July 2009

This cutting of the obituary of John Fairey has been passed on by John Tompkins.

Click on the image to enlarge.

9 May, 201323 June, 2023

Fairey Surveys pension plan

However long ago you worked for Fairey Surveys, if you paid into their pension scheme you may well be eligible for a pension, even if it’s tiny. If you think you may be eligible, or have forgotten whether you contributed or not, you can get in touch with the pension administrators, contact details below:

The Pearson Group Pension Plan
Pearson Services Ltd
80 Strand
London
WC2R 0RL
Telephone: +44 20 7010 2424
Email: pensions.helpline@pearson.com

6 April, 2013

Colin Price – photos from his archive

From Colin Price we have a set of photos posed for an advertisement (anyone recognise it?), a picture from a Kodak shoot (complete with guns) circa 1988, and a shot of the Clyde MD signing an important contract or sale document. Colin also sent in some beautiful oblique photos of Windsor Castle. Click on the thumbnail photograph to see the full version.