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Scansofsnapsthat When Harry met Renée
offerinsighttothepast
Antiques and Christy Millar FrankCastell.HeandHarryworkedcloselytogether
objects My granddad Harry Marshall was andbecamefriends.FrankintroducedHarrytoRenée,
Show off your family heirlooms, born on 25 June 1921 in Cliviger, a hissisterinlaw,oneofthecivilclerks.RenéeMiriam
mementos and retro curios parish in the Borough of Burnley, Khourywasbornon12January1918,inAlQahirah,
Letters from the past Lancashire. He joined the RAF in Cairo,broughtupinFrenchschoolsandspokeFrench
1938,justayearbeforewarbroke andArabicfluentlyaswellasalittleEnglish.When
Oldcorrespondencecanholdawealthof
out. Although he was too young, he she met Harry, French was her first language and he
historical info and fascinating stories
lied about his age to get in. He was struggled to understand her. She used to get called to
News clippings sent to RAF Halton for training and translate when officers were having trouble.
Articles reporting on iconic events qualified in the dual trades of ‘airframes’ and ‘engines’. Harrywasveryathleticinhisyouth;heevenswam
Harrywasinitiallyanaircraftmanandbeganhiscareer thewidthoftheSuezCanalandreceivedacertificate.He
Amazing stories inspecting plane engines. His first posting was overseas alsovisitedGizawherehepaidalocalmantoshowhim
Interestingorinsightfultalespassed toRAFKumaloinBulawayo,Rhodesia,EastAfrica.It thequickestwaytothetopofthepyramid.Herecallsin
down from your ancestors wasthefirsttimehehadtravelledoutsideoftheUKand 1941thesinkingofthePrinceofWalesandRepulseand
Eyewitness accounts itmusthaveseemedlikethechanceofalifetimetohim. thefactthathewavedtothecrewastheylefttheSuez.
Helatertoldhischildrenthathehadbeeninthe“upper 840peoplediedwhentheJapanesesanktheshipwith
Didyouwitnessahistoriceventin
reaches of the lower Umguza.” When they thought he long-range bombers.
person? Share it today
wasmakingitup,hetookoutamaptoproveittothem. From 1958 to 1962, Harry was stationed at RAF
Family trees Harry’ssecondpostingwastoRAFHeliopolis,Cairo, Dishforth. By then the couple had four children
Achancetoboastaboutfamousor as part of the Desert Air Force. Not long after arriving includingmymotherAngela.Harry’sunitcarriedout
significant ancestors inEgypt,Harrymetayoungflightsergeantnamed largejobsontheplanes,whichweremainlyF86Esfrom
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