A SELECTION OF ARTICLES FROM THE CLUB’S MONTHLY VITAL SPARK CLUB MAGAZINES.

 

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TALES OF FLASHOVER HOUSE No 1.- The Visitor. The first of many tales written by the late Stan Simpson.

 

MY FIRST YEAR WITH RAYNET (2002) Iintroduction to the valuable help this Voluntary Organisation provides locally.

 

AMATEUR RADIO IN HASTINGS 37 YEARS AGO   Another  delve into the past of Hastings.

 

MY YEAR IN FLEET STREET     Early memories from the late Eric Vast.

 

THE FIRST HASTINGS RADIO CLUB    and an introduction to Logi Baird the Father of TV.

 

SOME STRING AND A LITTLE WAX GOES A LONG WAY   A tale of wartime Bomber Command in August 1943.

 

HISTORY OF HASTINGS TRAMWAYS   Two stories from the past History of our town.

 

FEEDING THE RCS    A tale of Feeding the Royal Corps of Signals in Egypt during1939/45 by Eric vast

 

BATTLE OF HASTINGS 1066  - THE TRUTH ??  A different version by the very witty Stan Simpson.

 

THE ORIENTAL EXPERIENCE.   All was peace in the Hastings Post Office for staff and the clients alike ….

 

KNICKEBEIN AND GRUPPE 100 versus OBOE AND 105/109. Knickebein in WW2, how it was discovered, and countered

 

IT TOOK TWO TO TANGO IN A BEAUFIGHTER. By a one-time Navigator. Pilots come in all shapes and sizes.

 

REMINISCENCES OF MISS-SPENT YOUTH   A tale of earlier Civil Aviation

 

THE DOT COMS another version by the late witty Stan Simpson.

 

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