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Rigger's Notes for British WW1 Aircraft is a detailed 1916 document showing accurate drawings, dimensions and instructions for rigging nine British WW1 aircraft

Steve Buster Johnson's book, "The Cordwainer's Daughter - Maid of Kent"

Ethel Pocock, my grandmother was a diminutive powerhouse of a woman, born in England to a Kentish cordwainer (bespoke shoemaker) in the middle of Queen Victoria’s reign when women were not permitted to amount to much, no matter how talented they were. Growing up in a close-knit family with seven other siblings, her dream was to build a career as a buyer in the clothing industry and one day have her own family. Fate had other ideas, however, and placed many obstacles in her wa