Yes it was 1931 I was 7 years old and living in the Bordesley Green East are
That must have been amazing Brooki, to think you watched as German bombers bombed Birmingham , unreal.paul
The title is applied by the Forum robot based simply upon the number of posts made not how long you have lived in Brum Brookieboy. Just be careful what you wish for :emmersed:Just noticed I'm posted as a Novice Brummie, how long do you have live in Brum before you become a fully fledged one, now nearly 86 years and have lived in Brum all the time except for Service time, I'll try to live until a 100+1day and see if I then qualify (no sarcasm meant, just joking)
Sorry, that's not true. The current Zeppelin NT is a "semi-rigid" type it does have a frame to hold everything together but the shape comes from the gas bags. Compare that to the more common blimps which don't have a frame at all. There's also a Swiss company that has it's own design Airships but I can't say what sort they are.the modern helium filled Zeppelin falls into the latter non rigid variety.
Hello postie and les,I Remember seeing the airship over sparkhill in about 1936,I would be about 5 years old, I lived in Long street ,can't remember seening any markings on it so don't know if it was British or German,it was flying along a line which would take it over Stoney lane,over Stratford Rd,and along Walford Rd it would have flown close to the southern boundary of the B.S.A,factory,if it was German,was it taking photographs?,I hope this may be of interest to you both, and more information will come in.Hello Les
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hi lesg128,please view my reply to led, and postie,on my sighting of the airship over sparkbrook C1936,hope it adds something to the discusion , and more I formation flows in, Ray Evasion.Hi Roy Blakey
Many thanks for the info on Airships over Birmingham. This confirms my sighting in 1935-1937.
My memory was not playing tricks.
I did see Louis Blakey's grandfathers photo which seems to confirm this
There must be official records somewhere.
lesg128