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Charlie’s War

Charlie’s War …  Following article was written and published by Bob Collis, one of the original Flixton members.   Memories of the nights when bombs screamed down onto the blacked-out streets of Lowestoft were evoked at the Norfolk and Suffolk  Aviation Museum at Flixton, when Charles Holt, a former Lowestoft Civil Defence ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Warden […]

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Flixton on Tour – 25 May 2018

Flixton Aviation Museum On Tour … On Friday 25th May the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum went on tour. Three volunteers took a range of artefacts to the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library in Norwich. They were presenting to a reminiscence event organized by the library. They took gas masks of various types, a gas

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29th May .. Oak Apple Day

29th May .. Oak Apple Day Until I reached the august age of ten years old, I woke in dread on 29th May each year of not decorating my jacket with a leafy sprig of oak before venturing out on the road to school. When suitably adorned, I could join the group of fellow pupils

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