News Clippings and other memorabilia acquired by Dr and Mrs Walker

Archive Collections / Dr William Delano Walker / Series AA357/11 / News Clippings and other memorabilia acquired by Dr and Mrs Walker

Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  1. news clipping The Daily Express dated 19 November 1932 Headline "How I did it. Amy's phone talk across 6000 miles. It was do or bust. Powdered her nose over Table Mountain. Fears of a sudden awful crash. Record beaten by 10 and a half hours. Her full story in the 'Sunday Express' tomorrow. At half past one yesterday afternoon a little air plane skimmed over the top of Table Mountain inside was a young woman, her eyes heavy with fatigue powdering her nose. So did Amy Johnson twenty eight years old arrive in Capetown, South Africa from Lympne, England after her flight of 6200 perilous miles in four days six hours and fifty two minutes" Jim Mollison, the Desert Cloud. Headline "India pact surprise. Moslems Sikhs and Hindus agree. Dramatic news this morning. Untouchables problem ended? News was received in ukLondon this morning of an agreement reached in India" Annotated in blue pencil. Sahara. Reverse Headline "Considering new means test plan. Ministry of Labour in control. Public assistance committees excluded. Poor law stigma removed" features a photograph of the French ambassador M de Fleuriau. Headline "Today's weather". Headline "Liner on fire in London. Dry dock flooded" SS Baradine, West Ham Fire Brigade. Headline "Amy's phone talk across 6000 miles, The story of her flight". Headline "The agonising part" Gao. Headline "Perfect landing" Mr Pat Murdock

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/11/8/45 A
Date Range1931  -  1933
Quantity 0.1cm,    
FormatsNewspaper Clippings
Series AA357/11