Cirencester Gannet
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: southern england
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Mightygem,. .. .Don't know what happened to that one, do you have a reg?. .. .The known survivors(whole) are listed at:. .. .<a href="http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/gannet/survivors.html" target="_blank">http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/gannet/survivors.html</a>. .. . <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="smile.gif" />
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: The Valley Where the Thames Runs Softly
Age: 77
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I grew up in Hayes and spent my junior years going to watch the aeroplanes at London Airport. From the top of the 140 bus on the way to the airport you could see a Gannet fuselage in the yard of the Fairey factory. . .. .For what it's worth, my Mum used to warn me to avoid south Hayes at 5.18 pm, because that is when the hooter went at Fairey. A tidal wave of sprinters was followed by a wall of bicycles.. .. .The factory employed about 5000 then. It's now the headquarters of Safeway!. .. .Sic Transit Gloria Fairey.