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16 produkter
Willenhall to Horseley Fields
Images of England
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 1998
184 kr
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This collection of over 200 old photographs illustrates scenes from the communities of Willenhall and Horseley Fields. These pictures show how relatively unchanged the streets and buildings of Willenhall are. A walk around the town today shows that it is still possible to see many of the features …
Bridgnorth Revisited
Häftad, 2005
201 kr
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Collection of over 200 archive pictures highlighting the developments that have taken place in the Shropshire market town of Bridgnorth during the last century. Every aspect of life in Bridgnorth is explored, from schools, churches and shops to sporting achievements, ceremonies and events.
RAF Cosford
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 2009
178 kr
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RAF Cosford was built as part of the pre-war RAF Expansion Plan in 1937 and in 1938 it was designated as a site for one of the new Technical Training Schools, aimed at strengthening the knowledge and manpower of the air force. By the outbreak of war, Cosford housed over 3,500 trainees. In 1939 it …
Wolverhampton Reflections
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 2021
187 kr
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Wolverhampton was a Staffordshire market town in the Middle Ages but became a major industrial town during the Industrial Revolution, renowned for coal mining, metalworking and steel making. The prosperity brought to the town from this era is in evidence in many buildings in the city, and the …
Lost Wolverhampton
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 2024
178 kr
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Wolverhampton was granted city status in 2000, but its origins lie in Anglo-Saxon England. During the Middle Ages Wolverhampton was a prosperous Staffordshire market town and a centre for the wool trade. Its coal and iron deposits enabled it to grow rapidly during the Industrial Revolution, when it …
Boulton Paul Defiant
An Illustrated History
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 2019
192 kr
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Fighting over the beaches of Dunkirk and in the Battle of Britain, guarding the night skies during the perilous months of the Blitz, pioneering electronic countermeasures, and serving air-sea rescue roles all around our coasts, the Boulton Paul Defiant played a vital part through most of the Second …
Staffordshire Airfields Through Time
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 2019
187 kr
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From some of the first ever airfields in Great Britain, through the municipal airports of Stoke, Walsall and Wolverhampton, to a total of eighteen RAF airfields in the Second World War, Staffordshire has always embraced aviation. Both Stoke and Wolverhampton were taken over for the use of …
Wolverhampton Through Time
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 2019
183 kr
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The West Midlands city of Wolverhampton has a fascinating history. Originally a medieval market town, it grew rapidly during the Industrial Revolution through the new coal-mining and manufacturing industries because of its mineral resources, particularly iron, coal and limestone. With the decline …
Shropshire Airfields Through Time
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 2019
187 kr
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Though there were airfields in Shropshire during the First World War, at Shawbury, Tern Hill and Monkmoor, it was in the late 1930s that a massive building programme began to dot the county with new RAF airfields, mostly for training purposes, until there were over sixteen – in some cases they were …
Aircraft Down
Forced Landings, Crash Landings and Rescues
Av Alec Brew
E-bok, 2005
157 kr
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Twenty-three compelling accounts of desperate circumstances and unbelievable survival when planes went down in remote and dangerous locations.When a pilot experiences a sudden loud bang or sudden total silence, he is often faced with the stark choice of the parachute or attempting to get the …
Aircraft Down
Forced Landings, Crash Landings and Rescues
Av Alec Brew
E-bok, 2021
92 kr
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When a pilot experiences a sudden loud bang or sudden total silence, he is often faced with the stark choice of the parachute or attempting to get the aircraft down to earth in as few pieces as possible. This book describes twenty-three remarkable and true instances when, for a variety of reasons, …
Wolverhampton Sporting Heroes
Häftad, 2010
187 kr
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Wolverhampton has been blessed with a large number of successful sports clubs and individuals who have won national and international acclaim. Wolverhampton Wanderers are the reason that the city's name is known worldwide. However, Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club and Wolverhampton Judo Club …
Tettenhall and Pattingham
The Archive Photographs Series
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 1997
160 kr
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Facing Wolverhampton, on the other side of the valley in which lies Smestow Brook, is the ancient village of Tettenhall. Built on a ridge astribe the main Holyhead Road, which used to climb steeply up Old Hill, Tettenhall has always been fiercely independent of its larger neighbour, once in fact …
Ettingshall & Monmore Green
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 1999
129 kr
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A history of Ettingshall & Monmore Green
Sunbeam Aero Engines
Av Alec Brew
Häftad, 2020
270 kr
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The first great British aircraft engine manufacturer, the Sunbeam Motor Car Company turned to the sunrise industry of aviation in 1912, and was among the first to buy an aircraft to test their engines, flown by a full-time test pilot, the famous Jack Alcock. Through the First World War Sunbeam was …
