Monthly Archive: June 2014

Jun 27

Brief update

Before plunging back into 1914 centenary activities I finally had an extended period of work back on Fairey, with a fair old chunk of chapter one now written – my man is just about to commence his premium apprenticeship at Jandus, a company in Holloway that manufactured arc lights under licence from America, with complementary …

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Jun 09

Best laid plans…

Even beforeĀ getting homeĀ from running the marathon in Boston andĀ  then visiting my faculty’sĀ partner institutionĀ in Ontario, Huron University College/Western University (a vast campus on the edge of London, a city far larger than I had envisagedĀ located at the very heart of Anglophone Canada), I was aware that my plans for a swift return to Fairey would …

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