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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 5Now the squadron was to go on Transport and by 2nd July I had done a course at Bramcote on using radio beacons for navigation, with just ten hours flying in Oxfords. On 3rd July the crew and I had two and a half hours instruction on converting to the Short Stirling; we then had another four hours on our own getting used to them and doing circuits and bumps including three engine landings and flapless landings. Next day we had an hour and a half night flying, again landing on three engines.
Presumably, we were now reckoned to be competent on Stirlings as our next flight a few days later was to Brackla where we picked up twenty-three passengers and brought them back to base.
The Stirling Mark V was an odd beast, sitting on a tall under-carriage, it had been lengthened by about five feet to give more load space. This had not improved the stability on take-off and landing and at touch down the pilot’s line of vision was fifteen feet or more above the ground making a good three-point landing more difficult.
We no longer carried parachutes on transport work, which felt a bit strange at first. However, I got an unexpected bonus as I had been using an experimental backpack parachute in the Halifax. No one realised that this moved you forward about three inches in the seat thus impending the final three-point landing movement and resulting in too many poor landings. Now I was able to get the column right back and land a few times that you didn’t feel the touchdown. We had not yet moved into the era of tricycle under-carriages so keeping off the deck until the point of the stall, was essential.
The squadron was being used to fly freight and troops out to India and back. Our normal Route was via Castel Benito Libya, in North Africa; Lydda (Palestine) and Shaiba at the top of the Persian Gulf to Mauripur (Karachi).
We had to do a freight run before we could be trusted with passengers, this was a bit more leisurely than the passenger trips, and we found time to visit Jerusalem and see the sights. We engaged a guide who was standing by looking for tourists even in those days, and he took us around all the bits you are supposed to see. It was all very ancient but the tales and myths are strictly for believers and the guide finished up by taking us into a souvenir shop.
Here they offered us little cups of sweet tea, locked the door behind us and showed us their wares. Cliff bought a little bible bound in olive wood to send to Louis in the States, but we were not very good customers and went on our way.
In Karachi, we had a day mostly to do a bit of shopping for a few things that were unobtainable in the UK. This, of course, included carpets. The exotic world of India was a revelation to us. Sacred cows wandered in the streets and lay down in the middle of the road if so inclined. They scarcely impeded the traffic, the few carts were drawn by oxen and there were very few motor vehicles.
On a building site, women in colourful saris were carrying blocks on their heads to the bricklayers, whereas the hod carriers in the UK, carried the bricks in a hod on his shoulder.
One time we had to land at Cairo West, instead of Lydda, and visited the Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza, though Cairo was out of bounds. Dave our flight engineer, climbed about halfway up the great pyramid but Cliff and I were content to stay at the bottom and watch. We entered into the spirit of the thing enough to have our photos taken sitting on a camel but that was our lot.
On the hot airfields in the Middle East, the longitudinal instability of the lengthened Stirling came into its own, and it was said that you could find your way to India by following the trail of burnt-out Stirlings.
I knew one pilot who’d crashed two and got away with it. The heat also reduced their engine power, and take-offs from Shaiba had to be done before dawn, even then power was reduced. I remember getting to the end of the flare path on the oiled and sanded runway with barely enough speed to pull the undercarriage up and hold off the deck, let alone climb until the reduced drag let us lift a little.
We got away with all these hazards except a little 'contretemps’ when we were diverted to Brussels on our way home, here the marshaller guiding us to a hard standing led us into an unlit barrel of tar which bent our tail wheel doors. There was no one here to repair this but there was a derelict Stirling standing at the edge of the airfield so we set to and acquired its tail wheel doors and replaced our damaged ones with them.
This must-have impressed the local CO as a congratulatory message was received back at the squadron. We managed to find time for a quick look at Brussels and the most impressive thing was the magnificent fruit on sale in the shops. It was less pleasing to see the profusion of harlots on display everywhere even four playing cards at a little table in a shop window.
Our trips to the east came to an end when the squadron came down from Stradishall and converted to Avro Yorks. We brought the old Stirlings down, loaded up to the eyebrows with furniture and other squadron equipment and of course our old kite decided to lose an engine as soon as we got off the deck, We crawled around the circuit, and everyone turned out to watch us come in on three engines with our load of junk. All the practice we had done on three engines paid off however and I got her down gently in one piece.
Only those who were prepared to sign on again, when their turn for demobilisation came up were allowed to convert onto Yorks, and this was really only for those who hoped to make flying their career. It seemed to me to have too many snags, and I opted to get out as soon as possible.
Till then I had become, a sort of officers mess treasurer, based on my alleged accounting know-how. It was quite nice at Stradishall and it was within cycling distance of Southgate so I got home frequently.
In due course, I collected my demob suit at Wembley and was back in Civvy Street.
The End
Part 5
Now the squadron was to go on Transport and by 2nd July I had done a course at Bramcote on using radio beacons for navigation, with just ten hours flying in Oxfords. On 3rd July the crew and I had two and a half hours instruction on converting to the Short Stirling; we then had another four hours on our own getting used to them and doing circuits and bumps including three engine landings and flapless landings. Next day we had an hour and a half night flying, again landing on three engines.
Presumably, we were now reckoned to be competent on Stirlings as our next flight a few days later was to Brackla where we picked up twenty-three passengers and brought them back to base.
The Stirling Mark V was an odd beast, sitting on a tall under-carriage, it had been lengthened by about five feet to give more load space. This had not improved the stability on take-off and landing and at touch down the pilot’s line of vision was fifteen feet or more above the ground making a good three-point landing more difficult.
We no longer carried parachutes on transport work, which felt a bit strange at first. However, I got an unexpected bonus as I had been using an experimental backpack parachute in the Halifax. No one realised that this moved you forward about three inches in the seat thus impending the final three-point landing movement and resulting in too many poor landings. Now I was able to get the column right back and land a few times that you didn’t feel the touchdown. We had not yet moved into the era of tricycle under-carriages so keeping off the deck until the point of the stall, was essential.
The squadron was being used to fly freight and troops out to India and back. Our normal Route was via Castel Benito Libya, in North Africa; Lydda (Palestine) and Shaiba at the top of the Persian Gulf to Mauripur (Karachi).
We had to do a freight run before we could be trusted with passengers, this was a bit more leisurely than the passenger trips, and we found time to visit Jerusalem and see the sights. We engaged a guide who was standing by looking for tourists even in those days, and he took us around all the bits you are supposed to see. It was all very ancient but the tales and myths are strictly for believers and the guide finished up by taking us into a souvenir shop.
Here they offered us little cups of sweet tea, locked the door behind us and showed us their wares. Cliff bought a little bible bound in olive wood to send to Louis in the States, but we were not very good customers and went on our way.
In Karachi, we had a day mostly to do a bit of shopping for a few things that were unobtainable in the UK. This, of course, included carpets. The exotic world of India was a revelation to us. Sacred cows wandered in the streets and lay down in the middle of the road if so inclined. They scarcely impeded the traffic, the few carts were drawn by oxen and there were very few motor vehicles.
On a building site, women in colourful saris were carrying blocks on their heads to the bricklayers, whereas the hod carriers in the UK, carried the bricks in a hod on his shoulder.
One time we had to land at Cairo West, instead of Lydda, and visited the Pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza, though Cairo was out of bounds. Dave our flight engineer, climbed about halfway up the great pyramid but Cliff and I were content to stay at the bottom and watch. We entered into the spirit of the thing enough to have our photos taken sitting on a camel but that was our lot.
On the hot airfields in the Middle East, the longitudinal instability of the lengthened Stirling came into its own, and it was said that you could find your way to India by following the trail of burnt-out Stirlings.
I knew one pilot who’d crashed two and got away with it. The heat also reduced their engine power, and take-offs from Shaiba had to be done before dawn, even then power was reduced. I remember getting to the end of the flare path on the oiled and sanded runway with barely enough speed to pull the undercarriage up and hold off the deck, let alone climb until the reduced drag let us lift a little.
We got away with all these hazards except a little 'contretemps’ when we were diverted to Brussels on our way home, here the marshaller guiding us to a hard standing led us into an unlit barrel of tar which bent our tail wheel doors. There was no one here to repair this but there was a derelict Stirling standing at the edge of the airfield so we set to and acquired its tail wheel doors and replaced our damaged ones with them.
This must-have impressed the local CO as a congratulatory message was received back at the squadron. We managed to find time for a quick look at Brussels and the most impressive thing was the magnificent fruit on sale in the shops. It was less pleasing to see the profusion of harlots on display everywhere even four playing cards at a little table in a shop window.
Our trips to the east came to an end when the squadron came down from Stradishall and converted to Avro Yorks. We brought the old Stirlings down, loaded up to the eyebrows with furniture and other squadron equipment and of course our old kite decided to lose an engine as soon as we got off the deck, We crawled around the circuit, and everyone turned out to watch us come in on three engines with our load of junk. All the practice we had done on three engines paid off however and I got her down gently in one piece.
Only those who were prepared to sign on again, when their turn for demobilisation came up were allowed to convert onto Yorks, and this was really only for those who hoped to make flying their career. It seemed to me to have too many snags, and I opted to get out as soon as possible.
Till then I had become, a sort of officers mess treasurer, based on my alleged accounting know-how. It was quite nice at Stradishall and it was within cycling distance of Southgate so I got home frequently.
In due course, I collected my demob suit at Wembley and was back in Civvy Street.
The End
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Extracted from our Database today
Extracted from our Database today
Thursday 10th September 2020
We don't show births after 1920 or marriages after 1940
(GDPR 2018)
(After these dates apply to the registrar)
FAMILY EVENTS
1721 - Baptism: Elinor LAWS-4904, Exeter Devonshire England1820 - Burial: Thomas LAWS-2904, Wareham Dorset England1860 - Birth: James LAWS-11392, South Hetton DUR1860 - Birth: Joseph Frank (Coachman) LAWES-533, Upton Lovell Wiltshire EnglandMarriage: William Bennett LAWS-29878 and Louisa WEBB-29879, Weakley County, Tennessee United States1871 - Baptism: Charlotte Maria (Laundry) LAWS-3266, Acton Middlesex England1871 - Birth: Ellen BATTY-3, North Kensington Middlesex England1872 - Birth: Elizabeth Reginalda FULLER-50846, Northampton Northamptonshire England1874 - Birth: Elizabeth Emily Bessie SAVILLE-38200, Camberwell Surrey England1874 - Birth: Elizabeth Emily Bessie GRIMANI-13964, Deptford Kent England1876 - Baptism: Thirza Peninnah Arabella (Scholar) LAWS-4156, East Stoke Dorset England1877 - Birth: Martha Hannah (Housemaid) SAGE-37940, Layham Suffolk England1878 - Birth: John William (Wagonette Driver) LAWS-5782, Hingham Norfolk England1881 - Marriage: John (Leather Merchant) ELDRID-17244 and Emily A (Spinster) LAWS-5697, Hampstead Middlesex England1889 - Birth: William (Smallholder) LAWS-43088, 1889 - Birth: Bertie James (Australian Army) LAWES-12669, Leichhardt, New South Wales Australia1899 - Birth: Robert W (Electrical Fitter) LAWES-47442, 1900 - Death: Mary Ann LAWS-29703, 1902 - Birth: Brian (Ships Steward) LAWES-34101, Southampton Hampshire England1903 - Birth: Margaret LAWS-39916, Gateshead Durham England1905 - Marriage: Arthur James JONES-22510 and Minnie Dora LAWS-22509, Mount Vernon, Franklin County Texas United States1905 - Birth: Alice Jane LAWS-48275, West Lexham Norfolk England1905 - Birth: Wilber H LAWS-40944, Crawford County, Arkansas United States1906 - Death: Margaret Elizabeth LAWS-29781, Chanut Kansas United States1907 - Birth: Frank Kenneth (Bakers Roundsman) LAWES-45333, Putney Surrey England1909 - Death: Stiles Mounterville TAYLOR-22504, Franklin County Texas United States1912 - Birth: Elsie LAWS-37249, 1914 - Birth: Margaret Dobson LAWS-49166, 1914 - Birth: Robert Fruen LAWES-36448, 1914 - Enlistment: John William (ARMY Acting Sergeant 2767) LAWS-25547, Portsmouth Hampshire England1914 - Emigration: Alfred William (Reverend) LAWS-10726, Buenos Aires ARrgentina1923 - Death: Herbert Lionel POLSON-51385, Wentworth Ontario Canada1941 - Death: Thomas LAWS-37419, Saint Louis Missouri United States1943 - Death: George CROSS-16150, Goodna, Brisbane Queensland Australia1944 - Death: William Henry LAWS-18912, Los Angeles, California United States1945 - Burial: James Robert LAWS-19086, Hartford, Coffey County Kansas United States1946 - Arrival: P S (OSS) by Naval Air) LAWS-51529, Honolulu, Hawaii United States1951 - Death: William Edward John (Mason) TAYLOR-48605, Seaton and Beer Devonshire England1952 - Death: Oliver Alfred LAWS-12245, Salmon Arm British Columbia Canada1966 - Death: Martha Ann LAWS-38274, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland England1966 - Residence: Martha Ann LAWS-38274, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland England1967 - Discharged: Murray Barry Milton (CPO Writer RAN) LAWES-33007, 1970 - Death: Alicia M JAMISON-14390, Castle Hill New South Wales Australia1970 - Death: Alicia M JAMISON-14390, Sydney New South Wales Australia1979 - Death: Howard (Unmarried) LAWS-30033, Franklin County Ohio United States1984 - Death: Jake M (PVT US Army) LAWS-16315, Los Angeles, California United States2001 - Death: Joan Doreen MARCHANT-34308, Norwich Norfolk England2003 - Death: Edward George (Turbine Engineer) LAWS-12341, Saint Johns Hospital, Springfield IL2004 - Death: Charles Richard LAWS-19306, 2007 - Death: Lorraine Doris LAWS-3212, Shepparton Victoria Australia
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
Thursday 10th September 2020
We don't show births after 1920 or marriages after 1940
(GDPR 2018)
(After these dates apply to the registrar)
FAMILY EVENTS
1721 - Baptism: Elinor LAWS-4904, Exeter Devonshire England
1820 - Burial: Thomas LAWS-2904, Wareham Dorset England
1860 - Birth: James LAWS-11392, South Hetton DUR
1860 - Birth: Joseph Frank (Coachman) LAWES-533, Upton Lovell Wiltshire England
Marriage: William Bennett LAWS-29878 and Louisa WEBB-29879, Weakley County, Tennessee United States
1871 - Baptism: Charlotte Maria (Laundry) LAWS-3266, Acton Middlesex England
1871 - Birth: Ellen BATTY-3, North Kensington Middlesex England
1872 - Birth: Elizabeth Reginalda FULLER-50846, Northampton Northamptonshire England
1874 - Birth: Elizabeth Emily Bessie SAVILLE-38200, Camberwell Surrey England
1874 - Birth: Elizabeth Emily Bessie GRIMANI-13964, Deptford Kent England
1876 - Baptism: Thirza Peninnah Arabella (Scholar) LAWS-4156, East Stoke Dorset England
1877 - Birth: Martha Hannah (Housemaid) SAGE-37940, Layham Suffolk England
1878 - Birth: John William (Wagonette Driver) LAWS-5782, Hingham Norfolk England
1881 - Marriage: John (Leather Merchant) ELDRID-17244 and Emily A (Spinster) LAWS-5697, Hampstead Middlesex England
1889 - Birth: William (Smallholder) LAWS-43088,
1889 - Birth: Bertie James (Australian Army) LAWES-12669, Leichhardt, New South Wales Australia
1899 - Birth: Robert W (Electrical Fitter) LAWES-47442,
1900 - Death: Mary Ann LAWS-29703,
1902 - Birth: Brian (Ships Steward) LAWES-34101, Southampton Hampshire England
1903 - Birth: Margaret LAWS-39916, Gateshead Durham England
1905 - Marriage: Arthur James JONES-22510 and Minnie Dora LAWS-22509, Mount Vernon, Franklin County Texas United States
1905 - Birth: Alice Jane LAWS-48275, West Lexham Norfolk England
1905 - Birth: Wilber H LAWS-40944, Crawford County, Arkansas United States
1906 - Death: Margaret Elizabeth LAWS-29781, Chanut Kansas United States
1907 - Birth: Frank Kenneth (Bakers Roundsman) LAWES-45333, Putney Surrey England
1909 - Death: Stiles Mounterville TAYLOR-22504, Franklin County Texas United States
1912 - Birth: Elsie LAWS-37249,
1914 - Birth: Margaret Dobson LAWS-49166,
1914 - Birth: Robert Fruen LAWES-36448,
1914 - Enlistment: John William (ARMY Acting Sergeant 2767) LAWS-25547, Portsmouth Hampshire England
1914 - Emigration: Alfred William (Reverend) LAWS-10726, Buenos Aires ARrgentina
1923 - Death: Herbert Lionel POLSON-51385, Wentworth Ontario Canada
1941 - Death: Thomas LAWS-37419, Saint Louis Missouri United States
1943 - Death: George CROSS-16150, Goodna, Brisbane Queensland Australia
1944 - Death: William Henry LAWS-18912, Los Angeles, California United States
1945 - Burial: James Robert LAWS-19086, Hartford, Coffey County Kansas United States
1946 - Arrival: P S (OSS) by Naval Air) LAWS-51529, Honolulu, Hawaii United States
1951 - Death: William Edward John (Mason) TAYLOR-48605, Seaton and Beer Devonshire England
1952 - Death: Oliver Alfred LAWS-12245, Salmon Arm British Columbia Canada
1966 - Death: Martha Ann LAWS-38274, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland England
1966 - Residence: Martha Ann LAWS-38274, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland England
1967 - Discharged: Murray Barry Milton (CPO Writer RAN) LAWES-33007,
1970 - Death: Alicia M JAMISON-14390, Castle Hill New South Wales Australia
1970 - Death: Alicia M JAMISON-14390, Sydney New South Wales Australia
1979 - Death: Howard (Unmarried) LAWS-30033, Franklin County Ohio United States
1984 - Death: Jake M (PVT US Army) LAWS-16315, Los Angeles, California United States
2001 - Death: Joan Doreen MARCHANT-34308, Norwich Norfolk England
2003 - Death: Edward George (Turbine Engineer) LAWS-12341, Saint Johns Hospital, Springfield IL
2004 - Death: Charles Richard LAWS-19306,
2007 - Death: Lorraine Doris LAWS-3212, Shepparton Victoria Australia
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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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Robert Henry Laws1828-1881Captain of the Barque 'Woolhampton' my paternal Great Grandfather
Barque 'Woolhampton'
This is Robert Henry's Wife Sarah Ann Laws, formerly FullerMy paternal Great Grandmother1846-1924
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Robert Henry Laws
1828-1881
Captain of the Barque 'Woolhampton'
my paternal Great Grandfather
Barque 'Woolhampton'
This is Robert Henry's Wife
Sarah Ann Laws, formerly Fuller
My paternal Great Grandmother
1846-1924
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2008 Olympics Cyclist
Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc
1974-2017
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We have excluded records of living people to protect their privacy (GDPR 2018)
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We only show births before 1920, and marriages before 1940.
If you are seeking to find folk after these years you should contact the registrar
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If you are seeking to find folk after these years you should contact the registrar
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