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The Longitude Act
21/05/2018
When the Association and her fleet wrecked off the Scilly Isles on 23 October, 1707, the navy lost some of ...
Crayford Brownie Troop
21/05/2018
Design & Artefact Handling Local Crayford Children
21/05/2018
Models of Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Memorial
21/05/2018
St Paulinus School
21/05/2018
Local Crayford Children
21/05/2018
Crayford Brownie Troop
21/05/2018
Animated Film: Crayford’s Famous Admiral
21/05/2018
This animated film tells the adventurous, rags-to-riches tale of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell (1650 - 1707)
All at Sea - The Search for Longitude
21/05/2018
A documentary film telling the story of Sir Cloudesley Shovell and the search for longitude that was prompted by his death
Documentary film: Wilfred Salmon and the First Blitz
21/05/2018
Introducing Wilfred Salmon, an Australian First World War pilot who died fighting an armada of bombers in the First Blitz
2nd Lt Deighton Simpson
21/05/2018
Deighton Simpson’s paternal grandfather, John Jones, a Polish Jew, had been tried at the Old Bailey for pick pocketing in 1835 ...
History of Joyce Green Airfield
21/05/2018
First used by Hiram Maxim in 1910 to test the biplane he had built in conjunction with Vickers at Crayford, ...
Wilfred Salmon and the German Gotha Bomber Raid 7th, July 1917
21/05/2018
After the horrific death of his best friend Norman, Wilfred Salmon (“Wiff”) endeavoured to join the Royal Australian Flying Corps, ...
Wilfred Goes to War
21/05/2018
Wilfred Graham Salmon “Wiff” was born in Ballarat, Australia on 14th May 1895, one of twelve children of Dr Henry ...
The Amazing Legacy of 7th July 1917
21/05/2018
In 2009 Bexley Local Studies and Archives ran a project to mark the 90th anniversary of the first trans-Atlantic flight ...
Wilfred Salmon: Learning Resources
21/05/2018
The Wilfred Salmon project produced a wide range of learning resources that are available to download.
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