World War Two – Fred Hartshorn

On our way home from Ironbridge

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Gnr Alan Herbert Hartshorn ( – 1944) – Find A Grave Photos

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1921-1944

Poppys are Plants NOT Politics

Poppies

Attended a great talk at Hinckley Methodist Church yesterday.

“Lest we Forget” Greg Drozdz told us the story of the annual Poppy Appeal and how it started. He also spoke on some of the names on the War Memorials in the Church.

Argents Mead – Ducks and Memorial

This is the ‘moat’ at Hinckley’s Argents Mead.

When I was young there was just one bossy Swan called Jasper in that water. We would take bread to feed him.

The memorial statue.

Return Trip to Duxford

I needed a hug, so my daughter asked us back to Duxford to meet up with her and the grandchildren. A brilliant day.

We headed for Concord as we had been too late on our last visit to go inside the cabin. I worked on the design and drawing of parts of the prototypes in the 60’s and saw the emergency parachute equipment on the schematic displayed in the cabin. I had designed a fancy ‘switch’ that needed to be turned and pulled to deploy the massive parachute to slow the plane down if it came in to land to fast. The switch was turned and pushed again to disengage the chute when stopped.

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Category: World War Two

On our way home from Ironbridge

Gnr Alan Herbert Hartshorn ( – 1944) – Find A Grave Photos

Poppys are Plants NOT Politics

Attended a great talk at Hinckley Methodist Church yesterday.

Duxford IWM

Argents Mead – Ducks and Memorial

This is the ‘moat’ at Hinckley’s Argents Mead.

The memorial statue.

Trip to France

Another trip to Duxford

Return Trip to Duxford

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This is the ‘moat’ at Hinckley’s Argents Mead.

The memorial statue.

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Return Trip to Duxford

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