Early Flight
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Arthur Walter Jackson and Daisy Clara Colmer 1897-1981
My grandpa Arthur Jackson was born on 30th November 1896 on the island of Guernsey. Here he is on the 1901 Guernsey census at the age of four, just before the family moved to Wooston Southampton. The reason for the move was that work had literally dried up for his father, who was a painter…
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Murder Mystery Virtual Tour of Bedfordshire no4 ~ The Shuttleworth Collection, Biggleswade
As we explore Bedfordshire together as part of my murder mystery virtual tour we will pause a while at The Shuttleworth Collection, a place that influenced my second novel ‘Ancasta – Guide me Swiftly Home’ and also features in my third novel ‘Murder, now and then.’ The museum is a comprehensive collection of aircraft including…
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November 1914 ~ Anthony realises his dream to learn to fly ~Almost!
The following extract from ‘Ancasta Guide me Swiftly Home‘ tells the story of Anthony who longs to learn to fly. Here he is sent initially to France as an Observer, taking photographs of the battle below. I have used various techniques including letters, story telling, conversation and the arrival of Harry Harper, the air correspondent of The Daily…
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A Modern Day Lady Pioneer in Aviation ~ Tracey Curtis Taylor ~ Cape Town to Goodwood Winter 2013
An article in the newspaper over the weekend caught my eye of Tracey Curtis Taylor who flew a 1940’s bi-plane from Cape Town to Cairo. She had been inspired by the record breaking flight of Mary Heath back in 1928; nearly 90 years on and yet the feat seems equally astonishing. BACKGROUND Curtis Taylor began…