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Lord, help me dig into the past and sift the sands of timethat I might find the roots that madethis family tree of mine
Lord, help me dig into the past
and sift the sands of time
that I might find the roots that made
this family tree of mine
Lord, help me trace the ancient roads, on which our fathers trod, which led them through so many lands, to find our present sod.
Lord help me find an ancient book or dusty manuscript, that's safely hidden now away, In some forgotten crypt.
Lord help me find an ancient book
or dusty manuscript,
that's safely hidden now away,
In some forgotten crypt.
Lord, let it bridge the gap, that haunts my soul when I can't find, that missing link between some name, that ends the same as mine.
Henry Lawes1595-1662
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One Man’s War – A bit about the RAF
Henry Lawes
1595-1662
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One Man’s War – A bit about the RAF
by John Robert Laws 1921-2008
Part 2.
It was only a few weeks before I was posted to the EFTS at Peterborough to get my feet off the ground. It was an intensive course of lectures and flying and we had half a day a week of free time. Flying was exhilarating but learning was not easy and it took a few hours in the air to get over the problem of airsickness. There was no time to spare as unless one went solo in seven or eight hours one was out of flying training.
Fortunately, the Tiger Moths which were the standard trainer of the day was a very safe aircraft and stood up to much abuse. Even so, I saw one pilot foolish enough to pull the wings off one, and have to join the Caterpillar Club.
(The Caterpillar Club is an informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft. After authentication by the parachute maker, applicants receive a membership certificate and a distinctive lapel pin. The nationality of the person saving his life by parachute and ownership of the aircraft are not factors in determining qualification for membership; anybody who has saved his life by using a parachute after bailing out of a disabled aircraft is eligible).
I think the second solo flight was the most difficult, perhaps the lessons have been forgotten or perhaps they had never been really learnt. In all we did about fifty hours at the EFTS. The system was overloaded of course. There weren’t even enough flying log books to go round and loose sheets had to be used. My elementary training lasted from 4th August 1941 till 12 September 1941. How lucky it was summer.
Ten days later I was at the little airfield at Scone near Perth in Scotland doing my first flight on a course to become a flying instructor. One’s feet had hardly had time to touch the ground so to speak. Now we flew Magisters as well as Tiger Moths.
These were a more modern low wing monoplane but still quite well behaved though perhaps just a little less forgiving. We learnt the beginnings of aerobatics, though it was distinctly not encouraged to come into land from an inverted approach as one instructor I flew with did.
The Tiger had a gravity feed fuel system so the engine cut out if you stayed inverted. One of the more amusing exercises was restarting the engine in flight. Having stopped the prop by cutting off the fuel and going nose up to a stall one had to put the fuel on again and go into a vertical dive till the slipstream made the prop spin again and started the engine. Methods of instruction had been wholly standardised and one learned the standard ‘patter’ and suited actions to words.
Scone was pleasant airfield for this course. It was not too close to the mountains and there were plenty of easily recognisable natural features to help you find your way. Although it was approaching winter, it was not too cold and the main hazard was fog which could slide in quickly and cover the field. It was sometimes quite shallow with the trees sticking up through it would give you the shape of the field so that you knew where to go down through it to land.
There was, of course, no radio in those aircraft and only a limited instrument panel, not the standard blind flying panel. We didn’t do any instrument flying on this course, We had however done half a dozen hours on the Link trainer on the ab initio course and did a further eight hours at Scone. The link was elementary flight simulator fir instrument flying training, we did not do any night flying but we did the standard aerobatics of loops and rolls and became reasonably competent on the elementary aircraft with just another hundred hours of flying time done to finish the course just before Christmas 1941.More tomorrow
Part 2.
It was only a few weeks before I was posted to the EFTS at Peterborough to get my feet off the ground. It was an intensive course of lectures and flying and we had half a day a week of free time. Flying was exhilarating but learning was not easy and it took a few hours in the air to get over the problem of airsickness. There was no time to spare as unless one went solo in seven or eight hours one was out of flying training.
Fortunately, the Tiger Moths which were the standard trainer of the day was a very safe aircraft and stood up to much abuse. Even so, I saw one pilot foolish enough to pull the wings off one, and have to join the Caterpillar Club.
(The Caterpillar Club is an informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft. After authentication by the parachute maker, applicants receive a membership certificate and a distinctive lapel pin. The nationality of the person saving his life by parachute and ownership of the aircraft are not factors in determining qualification for membership; anybody who has saved his life by using a parachute after bailing out of a disabled aircraft is eligible).
I think the second solo flight was the most difficult, perhaps the lessons have been forgotten or perhaps they had never been really learnt. In all we did about fifty hours at the EFTS. The system was overloaded of course. There weren’t even enough flying log books to go round and loose sheets had to be used. My elementary training lasted from 4th August 1941 till 12 September 1941. How lucky it was summer.
Ten days later I was at the little airfield at Scone near Perth in Scotland doing my first flight on a course to become a flying instructor. One’s feet had hardly had time to touch the ground so to speak. Now we flew Magisters as well as Tiger Moths.
These were a more modern low wing monoplane but still quite well behaved though perhaps just a little less forgiving. We learnt the beginnings of aerobatics, though it was distinctly not encouraged to come into land from an inverted approach as one instructor I flew with did.
The Tiger had a gravity feed fuel system so the engine cut out if you stayed inverted. One of the more amusing exercises was restarting the engine in flight. Having stopped the prop by cutting off the fuel and going nose up to a stall one had to put the fuel on again and go into a vertical dive till the slipstream made the prop spin again and started the engine. Methods of instruction had been wholly standardised and one learned the standard ‘patter’ and suited actions to words.
Scone was pleasant airfield for this course. It was not too close to the mountains and there were plenty of easily recognisable natural features to help you find your way. Although it was approaching winter, it was not too cold and the main hazard was fog which could slide in quickly and cover the field. It was sometimes quite shallow with the trees sticking up through it would give you the shape of the field so that you knew where to go down through it to land.
There was, of course, no radio in those aircraft and only a limited instrument panel, not the standard blind flying panel. We didn’t do any instrument flying on this course, We had however done half a dozen hours on the Link trainer on the ab initio course and did a further eight hours at Scone. The link was elementary flight simulator fir instrument flying training, we did not do any night flying but we did the standard aerobatics of loops and rolls and became reasonably competent on the elementary aircraft with just another hundred hours of flying time done to finish the course just before Christmas 1941.
More tomorrow
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Extracted from our Database today
Extracted from our Database today
Monday 7th September 2020
We don't show births after 1920 or marriages after 1940
(GDPR 2018)
(After these dates apply to the registrar)
FAMILY EVENTS
1619 - Birth: John LAWS-50866, Linlithgow West Lothian Scotland1694 - Christen: William LAWES-2281, Kenn Devonshire England1755 - Marriage: Thomas ROWSELL-8266 and Mary LAWS-7830, 1755 - Baptism: Edith LAWES-23316, Bower Chalke Wiltshire England
1774 - Death: Alexander LAWS-11119, (Died at Sea) 1808 - Birth: Michael LAWES-268, Costessey Norfolk England
1828 - Christen: Jane LAWS-4674, Alverstoke Hampshire England1853 - Birth: Marion J LAWS-42957, 1860 - Death: Maria Jones LAWES-9839, (Widow) Bath Somerset England
1861 - Birth: Florence Elizabeth MARTIN-37952, 1862 - Birth: Benjamin Charles LAWS-35407, (Railway Deputy Superintendent Inspector) Bungay Suffolk England
1874 - Birth: George William LAWS-3538, (Electricity Labourer Retired) Litcham Norfolk England
1876 - Birth: William A LAWS-43140, (Confectioner Shop) 1878 - Birth: William George LAWES-27662, (Railway Gatekeeper Southern Railway)1880 - Birth: Joseph Bird CLEGG-6982, (Hairdresser) Bradford West Yorkshire England (My wife's Great Grand Uncle)1882 - Baptism: Ada LAWES-27780, Headley Hampshire England1886 - Death: Henry ROGERS-10436, Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland
1887 - Burial: Edward William LAWS-9949, (1st Mate Master Mariner) Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Middlesex England1888 - Death: Harriett LANE-9315, Coombe Bissett Wiltshire England
1889 - Marriage: William LAWS-4561 (Coal Miner) and Jane WEEDY-21608, Byker Northumberland England1896 - Birth: Walter LAWS-22677, (Cement Rotary Kiln Greaser) Skipsea East Yorkshire England1897 - Birth: Nora C M LAWS-41275, Caterham Surrey England1898 - Birth: Hilda Mary WHIDDON-31112, Withycombe Raleigh Devonshire England1899 - Birth: Christopher LAWS-36146, (Assistant Ships Steward) Kilburn Middlesex England1899 - Birth: Christopher Henry LAWS-22369, (Rubber Milter & Vulcanizer) Grays Thurrock, Essex England1902 - Birth: Doris Olive LAWS-35945, 1902 - Death: John James Holloway LAWES-2134, (Minister/Annuitant) 1903 - Marriage: Joseph William LAWS-17109 (Clothiers Shop Assistant) and Frances Elizabeth SHARPE-41565, Elswick Northumberland England1903 - Birth: Harold George LAWES-37331, (Fruiterer) 1905 - Marriage: George Richard LAWES-475 (Master Miller) and Eva CLARKE-12251, Armstrong British Columbia Canada1908 - Birth: Alice LAWS-43148, (Married) 1911 - Birth: Gladys Hilda HENLEY-10833, (Spinster) 1914 - Birth: Lionel Mayman LAWS-12200, Perth, WA Australia1915 - Birth: Clara A OLDFIELD-47011, 1915 - Birth: Hannah LAWS-46029, (Domestic Servant) 1915 - Death: Swinburn J LAWS-21453, Hammond, Lake County, Indiana United States1916 - Birth: Arthur Albert LAWES-36389, (Cable Testing & Repairer) Greenwich Kent England 
1916 - Discharged: Herbert (ARMY Private 21260 & Labourer) Reigate Surrey England LAWS-4212,1916 - Death: Edward Lucian LAWS-2803, (Army Officer) Mombassa Kenya 1919 - Birth: Alice Kathleen LAWS-45231, City of London, England1919 - Birth: Alice C LAWS-42640, (Telephonist) 1919 - Birth: John Frank LAWS-36045, Colman Florida United States1923 - Death: John Joseph Michael LAWES-1940, (Master Mariner/RN 185088) Dartmouth Devonshire England1940 - Death: William LA WS-32609,(Civilian War dead) West Ham Essex England1940 - Death: Margaret LAWS-21816,(Civilian War dead) West Ham Essex England1940 - Death: Raymond W LAWS-10177, (Civilian War Dead) West Ham Essex England1944 - Death: Troy W LAWS-35762, (2nd Lt US Army 0-890381) 1945 - Death: James Robert LAWS-19086, Hartford, Coffey County Kansas United States1951 - Death: William WEBB-21864, (Engineer) Birmingham Warwickshire England1951 - Death: Edward Gordon LAWES-15712, Stepney Middlesex England
1951 - Residence: Edward Gordon LAWES-15712, Leyton Essex England1957 - Death: Aaron LAWS-4113, (Train Driver) Ryhope Durham England but Residence South Shields Durham England1958 - Death: John Percy LAWS-4809, (Engine Fitter) Bexley Kent England1966 - Burial: Benjamin JENNINGS-230 Yorkshire England1973 - Burial: Marie BLACK-17579, Blanding Utah United States1981 - Death: Arthur Benjamin CULLINGFORD-26157, Harwich Essex England1990 - Death: Shannon Leray LAWS-19320, 1991 - Death: Violet Margurite LAWS-50441, Riverside California United States2001 - Death: Virginia Faye LAWS-23012, Huntsville Alabama United States
MORE TOMORROW
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Dear Ancestor,-Your tombstone stands amongst the rest, neglected and aloneThe names and dates are chiselled out on polished marble stone
Monday 7th September 2020
We don't show births after 1920 or marriages after 1940
(GDPR 2018)
(After these dates apply to the registrar)
FAMILY EVENTS
1619 - Birth: John LAWS-50866, Linlithgow West Lothian Scotland
1694 - Christen: William LAWES-2281, Kenn Devonshire England
1755 - Marriage: Thomas ROWSELL-8266 and Mary LAWS-7830,
1755 - Baptism: Edith LAWES-23316, Bower Chalke Wiltshire England
1774 - Death: Alexander LAWS-11119, (Died at Sea)
1808 - Birth: Michael LAWES-268, Costessey Norfolk England
1853 - Birth: Marion J LAWS-42957,
1860 - Death: Maria Jones LAWES-9839, (Widow) Bath Somerset England
1861 - Birth: Florence Elizabeth MARTIN-37952,
1862 - Birth: Benjamin Charles LAWS-35407, (Railway Deputy Superintendent Inspector) Bungay Suffolk England
1874 - Birth: George William LAWS-3538, (Electricity Labourer Retired)
Litcham Norfolk England
1876 - Birth: William A LAWS-43140, (Confectioner Shop)
1878 - Birth: William George LAWES-27662, (Railway Gatekeeper Southern Railway)
1880 - Birth: Joseph Bird CLEGG-6982, (Hairdresser) Bradford West Yorkshire England
(My wife's Great Grand Uncle)
1882 - Baptism: Ada LAWES-27780, Headley Hampshire England
1886 - Death: Henry ROGERS-10436, Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland
1887 - Burial: Edward William LAWS-9949, (1st Mate Master Mariner)
Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Middlesex England
1888 - Death: Harriett LANE-9315, Coombe Bissett Wiltshire England
1889 - Marriage: William LAWS-4561 (Coal Miner) and Jane WEEDY-21608, Byker Northumberland England
1896 - Birth: Walter LAWS-22677, (Cement Rotary Kiln Greaser) Skipsea
East Yorkshire England
1897 - Birth: Nora C M LAWS-41275, Caterham Surrey England
1898 - Birth: Hilda Mary WHIDDON-31112, Withycombe Raleigh Devonshire England
1899 - Birth: Christopher LAWS-36146, (Assistant Ships Steward) Kilburn Middlesex England
1899 - Birth: Christopher Henry LAWS-22369, (Rubber Milter & Vulcanizer) Grays Thurrock, Essex England
1902 - Birth: Doris Olive LAWS-35945,
1902 - Death: John James Holloway LAWES-2134, (Minister/Annuitant)
1903 - Marriage: Joseph William LAWS-17109 (Clothiers Shop Assistant) and Frances Elizabeth SHARPE-41565, Elswick Northumberland England
1903 - Birth: Harold George LAWES-37331, (Fruiterer)
1905 - Marriage: George Richard LAWES-475 (Master Miller) and
Eva CLARKE-12251, Armstrong British Columbia Canada
1908 - Birth: Alice LAWS-43148, (Married)
1911 - Birth: Gladys Hilda HENLEY-10833, (Spinster)
1914 - Birth: Lionel Mayman LAWS-12200, Perth, WA Australia
1915 - Birth: Clara A OLDFIELD-47011,
1915 - Birth: Hannah LAWS-46029, (Domestic Servant)
1915 - Death: Swinburn J LAWS-21453, Hammond, Lake County, Indiana
United States
1916 - Birth: Arthur Albert LAWES-36389, (Cable Testing & Repairer)
Greenwich Kent England
1916 - Discharged: Herbert (ARMY Private 21260 & Labourer) Reigate Surrey England LAWS-4212,
1916 - Death: Edward Lucian LAWS-2803, (Army Officer) Mombassa Kenya
1919 - Birth: Alice Kathleen LAWS-45231, City of London, England
1919 - Birth: Alice C LAWS-42640, (Telephonist)
1919 - Birth: John Frank LAWS-36045, Colman Florida United States
1923 - Death: John Joseph Michael LAWES-1940, (Master Mariner/RN 185088) Dartmouth Devonshire England
1940 - Death: William LA WS-32609,(Civilian War dead) West Ham Essex England
1940 - Death: Margaret LAWS-21816,(Civilian War dead) West Ham Essex England
1940 - Death: Raymond W LAWS-10177, (Civilian War Dead) West Ham Essex England
1944 - Death: Troy W LAWS-35762, (2nd Lt US Army 0-890381)
1945 - Death: James Robert LAWS-19086, Hartford, Coffey County Kansas
United States
1951 - Death: William WEBB-21864, (Engineer) Birmingham Warwickshire England
1951 - Death: Edward Gordon LAWES-15712, Stepney Middlesex England
1951 - Residence: Edward Gordon LAWES-15712, Leyton Essex England
1957 - Death: Aaron LAWS-4113, (Train Driver) Ryhope Durham England
but Residence South Shields Durham England
1958 - Death: John Percy LAWS-4809, (Engine Fitter) Bexley Kent England
1966 - Burial: Benjamin JENNINGS-230 Yorkshire England
1973 - Burial: Marie BLACK-17579, Blanding Utah United States
1981 - Death: Arthur Benjamin CULLINGFORD-26157, Harwich Essex England
1990 - Death: Shannon Leray LAWS-19320,
1991 - Death: Violet Margurite LAWS-50441, Riverside California United States
2001 - Death: Virginia Faye LAWS-23012, Huntsville Alabama United States
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Dear Ancestor,-
Your tombstone stands amongst the rest, neglected and alone
It reaches out to all who care, it is too late to mournYou did not know that I exist, you died and I was bornYet each of us are cells of you, in flesh, in blood, in bone.Our blood contracts and beats a pulse entirely not our own
Dear Ancestor, The place you filled one hundred years agoSpreads out amongst the ones you left who would have loved you so,I wonder if you lived and loved, I wonder if you knewThat someday I would find this spot and come to visit you.
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It reaches out to all who care, it is too late to mourn
You did not know that I exist, you died and I was born
Yet each of us are cells of you, in flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse entirely not our own
Dear Ancestor,
The place you filled one hundred years ago
Spreads out amongst the ones you left who would have loved you so,
I wonder if you lived and loved, I wonder if you knew
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1828-1881
Captain of the Barque 'Woolhampton'
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