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Guarding the Night Sky

The Gainsborough and Saundby WWI Airfield When people think of Gainsborough’s industrial past, they think of Marshall Sons & Co., the Britannia Ironworks, Roses and packing machines. Aviation doesn’t usually make the list. But for two years between 1916 and 1918, a field on the Nottinghamshire side of the River

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Zeppelins Over Gainsborough talk by Peter Bradshaw

The Gainsborough Heritage Centre is hosting a talk at Gainsborough House, 18 Parnell Street, DN21 2NB, Gainsborough, on Wednesday 15th February 2017 at 7.30pm. The talk will be delivered by Peter Bradshaw and will discuss a time when Zeppelins were seen over Gainsborough during the 1st World War and the

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