Harry Pearson
@camsell59
Shopping in Waitrose with a B&M carrier bag
Stupidly excited to have refound my 2017 Omloop cap. Partner oddly less enthusiastic about me wearing it in public...
Rediscovered my uncle's WW2 Fleet Air Arm scrapbook...started when he was appointed commander of 893 Squadron..
Every so often you find something that reminds you that your Mum had dementia...
Clearing out parent's flat. Find this photo of my Dad in Malaya c.1952. Dingo scout car "Cleveland". 12th Royal Lancers.
The greatest crime novel ever written by an international football manager?
My Dad took me to see Zulu at the Guisborough Empire in 1968, the teenagers in the stalls stamping their feet in time to the warriors' chants. Sad He's not here with me today, too...
No World Cup goes by that I don't have nightmare visions of the 2010 North Tynedale Screaming Slaughterman Scarecrow.
I had to get in a queue to snap these giant strawberries from Hokkaido. You're welcome
Digging through what I like to think of as 'my archive' (three shoebox filled with crap) I come across this...
From my uncle's FAA archive. N incident with a Seafire. May 1945. #navalairhistory
In response to the actions in a previous post. A message from His Majesty. #navalairhistory
From my uncle's FAA archive. Logbook entry July 6 1940. Mers-el-Kebir. Swordfish L2760 sinks a tug and gets shot up by French fighters. #navalairhistory
From my uncle's FAA scrapbook. The song of 816 NAS, 1943. #navalairhistory
From my uncle's FAA archive. No caption. All info welcome. ##navalairhistory
From my uncle's Fleet Air Arm scrapbook. Collage of photos of officers from 893 squadron c.1944. #navalairhistory
From my uncle's FAA archive. 'C' Squadron. Boscombe Down. Late 1944/early 1945. Middle row, seated ltor. 1. Unknown 2.F/O Thornily 3. Lt. Wilson 4.F/O JR Smith 5. RB Pearson 6. Fl.Lt Miller 7. Flt. Sgt Griffith 8.Com.Off Cdr. Torrense-Spence 9.Cdr Ievers 10. S/Ldr Sewell 11. Flt. Lt Shippobotham...
From.my Uncle's FAA scrapbook book. 893 squadron. 1943.C/O Lt (A) RB Pearson RN seated centre
Going through a box of photos from my mum and dad, I come across this. On the back a handwritten caption says simply 'Berry'
From my uncle's FAA scrapbook. No caption or explanation. Any ideas welcome. #navalairhistory
From my uncle's Fleet Air Arm archive. HMS Ark Royal under fire. No date. Stamp on bank 'Suitable for transmission. Not for publication'
My uncle landing a Grumman Avenger 1c on the deck of HMS Empress. 'Accelerator trials' February 1944. Off the coast of San Diego CA. #navalairhistory
From my uncle's FAA archive. Lt (A) RB Pearson RN flying Sea Hurricane M2631 Yeovilton/Worthy Down. Early May 1941. #navalairhistory