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Speaker’s State Coach to go on display in Devon

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March 14, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Speakers State Coach at Arlington Court, Valerie Kaufmann Senior Conservator for Plowden & Smith pictured

The Speaker’s State Coach, last used at the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, is to go on display in Devon. A … [Read more...]

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Solway Aviation Museum

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July 5, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Avro Vulcan XJ823

The Solway Aviation Museum is based at Carlisle Airport, just a few miles from the city of Carlisle on the A69. Situated in some old airport … [Read more...]

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Foundering in soft snow: Bowers' sledge team; Wilson pushing; Oates and PO Evans repairing, Beardmore Glacier, 13 December 1911. Pic HLF

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More than 700,000 National Trust items go online

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