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Illustrious under attack 1941. Brian, only our fleet carriers had steel decks, all our escort carriers had wooden decks

Hi Bernard. Japanese Carriers at the time of Pearl Harbour were without doubt the most improved and advanced carriers in the world. Where they failed was in command and leadership. Due to the lack of long range communication the admirals were only able to follow the orders they were issued...

Hermes & Argus

Dave, I'd be very greatful for that cheers mate. Frothy. Cheers! that looks pretty much like the last one I was on:D:D

Hi Bernard. A lot of this would of course depend on the definition of an Aircraft Carrier. In 1913 several merchant ships were converted to "Seaplane Carriers" but these could only carry the seaplanes to where they were needed, lower them into the sea where they would take of and land. The...

I have been given the task of presenting a history of the British Aircraft Carrier at an upcoming ex-navy reunion. I was wondering if any of you ex matalots have any pictures I could use of carriers. I already have about 3000 carrier pic's but I am restricted by Copyright Law from displaying...

Hi Liz. I noticed from your posts that you were thinking along the same lines as me. Chocks.

I can understand why some of you have logically refered to the gang culture within this thread but lets not confuse this with the "Teen Cult" If you saw a Teddy Boy a Mod or a Skinhead you knew instantly what they were, what they liked and what they stood for and although violence did play a...

Patty. Twitter? I only do that when I've had too much brandy !!!!!!!!!!

Oh Boy! Ray, I must really be out of touch. What's Face Book? Give me back my Gingham Ben Sherman, I miss it !!!!!!

Hi Patty. I agree that we are older (with some trepidation) and I have to admit that there is big club scene out there but there does not seem to be any major/nationwide fashion based scene anymore only smaller trends. Bearing in mind that in the 60's and 70's we had youth clubs all over the...

From the Teds of the 50's through the Mods and Rockers, Hippies, Skinheads, Glam Rockers,Punks to the New Romantics of the early 80's the youth of this country always seemed to be drawn to a cult of some sort or another. These cults were massive and somewhat tribal and always fashion and music...

Cheers Davenport. There you go then, Frothy was right, wasn't he

Re: Replies Here Cheers Otis.... I wasn't sure

Yes John, I believe it was Henry Poultons.

My Dad tells me that during the 1930's & 40's everyone refered to the Lister Fruit Store, Gt Lister Street as " The Soldiers " but he never knew why. Apparently the owner had never been in the army. Anyone able to expand on the reason???

Re: Replies Here The "Bubble" cockpit as pictured in post #150 & #202 was designed for the Seafire (the naval variant of the Spitfire) so that the pilots had a better view of the carrier flight deck. So are these pictures of the Seafire or did a variant of the Spit' have this design too.?

It seems I managed to escape the pics.... Hooray. Just the back of my head or the side of my face just the way Ilike it .

I can beat that Jean. I came from Dudley Rd Hospital, there were hundreds of us from there.

What a fantastic day. WELL DONE LYN. It was great to meet you all. Shame I didn't get to meet everyone. Looking forward to the next meet. I couldn't have enjoyed a Saturday more if I'd tried. Well done to all involved in the Raffles. Glad to see so much money was raised.