The Pianoman

A couple more of G-AMYW of Hunting. 1957 Tollerton. I believe the contraption on it was something to do with geological survey but don't quote me. The second picture might reveal more as you can read what the aircraft says on it. The gang. My Father is the one in the 'clean' white cow gown. He was a chargehand or foreman or something by this time. I used to know who all the other people here were but that info has left the memory system. Someone may know someone!

Thanks. I think I am going to put these on Airliners.net . Might be able to make some money out of them (not!)

Here's a couple more. It is unidentified. Also undated but most likely still 1950

The one pictured is a converted C-47 as most were. They were not Pioneer Class, they were Pionair. The conversions on them was done by Scottish Aviation who also manufactured aircraft called a Pioneer and a Twin Pioneer and because of that the put a block on BEA using the name so it was corrupted to Pionair. Freighters were Leopard. I have just learnt that Rex Pierson was responsible for the Vickers Vimy too!

Here's a couple to keep you going. BEA reg G-ALXK named RMA Rex Pierson. Tollerton 1950 Same aeroplane same time same place. My Father standing in front of it. As it was named Rex Pierson (Chairman? BEA at that time) my Father probably thought it was named after him as his name was Rex - he did think a lot of himself. I have got the full history of this aeroplane from the day it rolled out of the factory at Oklahoma City to the day it was scrapped but the info is on another HDD out of an old computer and I don't know where it is. But, however here are the bits I remember. It is pictured he

They are mainly pictures of Dakotas I might add. Will do them at the weekend when I have the time.

As Chulla has said it was Fields who did the work on the Daks for the Yanks. My Father was one of those who did the work on them. They also did maintenance work for other airlines including BEA. He had his camera in there in 1951. If anyone is interested I will scan the pics and put them on here. Fields are now at EMA

That's exactly how it struck me driving up Amersham Rise before Christmas. - I just didn't want to stop!

I don't remember Tunstall or Seaton Crescent as being nice places to go ever.

So the street sign at top left of the pic. is Broad Marsh?

Had to look twice or more at the registration on the Triumph police car. I had a Rover 2200TC reg HTO 537N.

You can see what I meant in post no. 450 here. The subjects are not relevent, they are two of my cousins. The photo is taken in the front garden of 97 Minver Cresc., camera pointing clockwise around the circle. The house on the left of the picture that appears to be on a diagonal to the rest is on the corner of Ambleside Road. Nice neat hedges - not like that now! Photo would have been taken in the late '60's

I must admit I wouldn't have wanted to get out of my van and have to go somewhere on foot!

Yes Aspley was quiet and a 'nice' area of council housing. My grandmother lived on Minver Cresc. and died in 1980. It was starting to go downhill then. I have photos taken in the sixties in the front garden of No. 97 and you can see into the distance all the perfectly trimmed privet hedges. I took a short cut (or so I thought) up Amersham Rise, around Minver Cresc, down Rosslyn Drive and out onto Bells Lane just before Christmas. It is ROUGH!

Happy New Year all

Thanks. That's why it looked familiar perhaps. I was born a bit further up at No. 264.

Good pictures. Whereabouts on Woodborough Road was the Enterprise Hotel? On a street corner but I can't make out the name of it on that picture.

Thanks. So my Dad must have been correct when he said it was demolished. No 2 must have been right on the corner. He did say though that it was immediately opposite the lock and that is right at the end of Radford Bridge Road as can be seen in the pic at #30

30 years today since my Mother died. She was 55. In my case she was the first to go.

Sir Sam Fay was the last general manager of the Great Central Railway. The GCR had a loco named after him - but not that one in the picture!

I must assume now that the house immediately at the back of The Crown is No2 Radford Bridge Road. My Father was born there. He was always adamant that the house was demolished to build the Crown but I can't quite see that myself, certainly looking at that picture and the ones Poohbear posted earlier in the thread.

Yes. My Headmaster had a Rover 3 litre.

Two PROPER Rovers in the car park too

Another V2 -- St Peter's School, York, AD 627

Very good. Just HAD to watch it