THIS article must have brought back a flood of memories to many people when it was featured in the Buckingham Advertiser in 1973.
Many local people frequently saw this plane circling over the Buckinghamshire countryside in the years before and after the Second World War.
Black with silver wings, this 1932 De Havilland Gypsy Moth was known to many as The Bag because of its G-ABAG registration.
It belonged to the late Captain Ferrars Patrick Loftus (pictured extreme right) of Tingewick Hall, Tingewick, who kept it on a landing strip at the 100 Acre Field, opposite Gawcott Wood.
Also in 1973:
- ...IN the two years since The Friends of Brackley Junior School was formed, about £1,000 has been spent on additional educational equipment and facilities.
- ...WINSLOW Cricket Club is suffering from a severe shortage of players and the captain blames the counter-attractions of television and girlfriends.
- ...THE 17th birthday party of Steeple Claydon Darby and Joan Club was held in Steeple Claydon Village Hall.
100 YEARS AGO
- TOM Lee, wishes to inform the inhabitants of Buckingham and neighbourhood that he has commenced as General Gardener, and hopes by strict attention to all work entrusted to him, combined with moderate charges, to receive a share of their support. 9 Elm Street, Buckingham.
- A GREAT improvement has been made to the Lighting of the London Road Bridge at Buckingham, through the liberalty of the Bucks and Oxon Gas Company, by the erection of two standards and powerful up-to-date incandescent lamps, placed exactly opposite each other on the town side of the arch of the bridge. The standards and lamps are a gift from the company to the Borough.
- WINSLOW Shire Horse Society celebrates its majority on Monday, having completed its 21st year, and a record attendance (including Earl Jersey and Lord Addington) was present at the dinner.
50 YEARS AGO
- TEN members of Buckingham Town Football Club Management Committee, together with the 1st Team Captain, Bobby Howkins were present at the regular weekly meeting of the committee and it was the unanimous decision that the Club withdraw from the Hellenic League and cancel all further games with teams competing in the League. Insufficient playing strength and not finance, is stated to be the reason for this decision.
- CRUFT'S 62nd Show will be held at Olympia, London, next week. The Show has a record entry of 6,916 dogs of nearly 120 different breeds. The entry is an all time world record.
- WANTED - man for mill and warehouse work. Smiths Buckingham Mills Ltd., Wharf Mills, Buckingham.
25 YEARS AGO
- THE Old Town Mill is opened as a recreational centre for the University College, Buckingham. Following the record number of 460 students registered, the converted industrial buildings are an essential addition.
- BUCKINGHAM ladies make preparations for the annual Pancake Day race. The 415-yard course begins at Stratford Road and finishes near the town hall steps. Each competitor must wear an apron and headgear and bring her own frying pan.
- RESIDENTS of Steeple Claydon are victims of the Water Workers strike. Seventeen homes in Victory Road have been without water for four days. Standpipes are erected in the street until the problem is resolved.
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