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  • Amazing Female Aviators in the Early 20th Century ~ Katherine Stinson

    Katherine Stinson caught my eye as a remarkable woman, not only because of her aviation achievements but also because she lived to a ‘ripe old age’ of 106 years, unusual even today but certainly ‘against the odds’ for aviators in the early 20th Century, either male or female. I was tempted to put her story on my…

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  • Amazing Female Aviators in the Early 20th Century ~ Harriet Quimby 1875-1912

    Whilst researching for ‘Ancasta Guide me Swiftly Home’ I read a great deal about early aviators and was exciteded to read about Harriet Quimby, even though it had nothing to do with my novel. Anyone writing a novel knows how easy it is to get sidetracked and it led to me finding out about other…

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  • Virtual Tour of the Solent and Beyond ~No 14~WW1 in the Med and Port Said

    If this is the first of my virtual tour posts that you’ve stumbles upon, since Christmas I’ve been on a journey around the Solent from Fort Gilkicker, along Southampton Water, back out to Calshot, over to The Channel Islands and France and today we travel in our mind’s eye to Turkey and the Mediterranean. This…

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  • Virtual Tour of the Solent and Beyond~No 13~Over the English Channel to France in the Great War

    Ancasta Guide me Swiftly Home is set between 1910 and 1920 and so the members of the Newton family see many facets of World War One; the life changing experiences of the women at home in Woolston as Harriet opens her home for convalescent soldiers; the marked effect on their children and Jane’s world at…

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  • Virtual Tour of the Solent ~ The Story so far and where to next?

    I began this virtual tour to show that a sense of place is important in my writing. I need to describe the areas in my novel enough to help the reader to feel that ‘sense of place,’ but I thought it might be helpful to give a little more background information and description. I have…

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  • Virtual Tour of the Solent and Beyond no 10 ~ 100yrs of RNAS Calshot!

    My tour of the Solent area, which began just after Christmas, is timed perfectly to reach Calshot Spit at about the beginning of March because 100 years ago, in March 1913, RNAS Calshot was first opened as a naval air station to launch and service flying boats before and during the First World War. It…

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  • GOOD NEWS ~ DIANA JACKSON’S WEEKEND BLOG TOUR

    I am pleased to announce this weekend’s blog tour from: Friday 15th February to Monday 18th March FRIDAY ~Launching this tour on Friday 15th February I will be a guest blogger on Debra Brown’s historical blog which is well worth a follow. You will gain an insight into some of the interesting and intriguing research…

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  • The Solent ~ Virtual history tour No 4 ~ Amble in Hamble

    Approximately 8 miles north west as the crow flies from Lee on Solent and a few miles further by road, Hamble is a gem of a place snuggled at the mouth of the River Hamble as it flows into Southampton Water and the Solent beyond. It is well known to the sailing fraternity, who moor…

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