tanex
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Post by tanex on May 23, 2016 21:16:30 GMT 12
Assume it is the spoken word so it may be audible when played but it does not look healthy.. Will set up a turntable and see how it plays. .give me the rest of the week and i will let you know exactly what is on the 12" record. It is dated 16/9/53 Dominion of NZ Broadcastig. Duration of each side is 3:45 minutes,
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Post by shorty on May 23, 2016 21:25:52 GMT 12
May be 78 rpm record, seems a bit early for a 33.
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Post by angelsonefive on May 23, 2016 22:39:01 GMT 12
" On Being a Bird " was the title of a book ( pub. 1953 ) by the pioneering British glider pilot, 2IC of the wartime Air Transport Auxiliary, and chairman of the British Gliding Association for many years post-war, Philip Wills.
It sounds like one side of the record may be a reading from this book.
According to Wikipedia, 33-1/3 rpm LP ( long playing ) records have been around since 1948.
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tanex
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Post by tanex on May 24, 2016 7:55:07 GMT 12
" On Being a Bird " was the title of a book ( pub. 1953 ) by the pioneering British glider pilot, 2IC of the wartime Air Transport Auxiliary, and chairman of the British Gliding Association for many years post-war, Philip Wills. It sounds like one side of the record may be a reading from this book. According to Wikipedia, 33-1/3 rpm LP ( long playing ) records have been around since 1948.
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Post by tanex on May 24, 2016 8:00:00 GMT 12
33RPM it is . I have 33rpm records that date from 1941 though they are 16 inch in diameter and from US Armed forces. Bacj to Stannage. With a bit of I will play it today and let you know if contents are any use. Happy to donate it .
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Post by trevor on Jul 1, 2017 20:57:07 GMT 12
Hi. I have just been to take my father to see his birthplace as he is in poor health. His mother Mary was John's sister. Generations of the Stannage family are to be found in Sproxton churchyard, Leicestershire, England. Unfortunately my father can't talk now so I can only give you some vague memories I have of family history but my aunt has done a lot of history into the family and my mother used to have some books of His and other papers so I will ask around if you want. I know my parents went over to New Zealand 10 years or so ago and came back saying there was an airport lounge named after him and dug out a lot of different things. I took photos of the grave stones of his parents, his grandfather and great grandparent and the farmhouse they bought when returning from NZ . His parents sailed to South Africa, where they set up a retail chain, they moved to New Zealand after returning to Sproxton (pronounced Sproson) so they were certainly travellers. My grandma was 16 when they returned and John is 10 years her senior and he stayed in NZ but I should be able to find out more and where he was born if you'd like. My grandma was born in Leicestershire and childhood was in NZ but I don't know for sure about John because they travelled so much.
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Post by madmax on Jul 1, 2017 22:03:52 GMT 12
As well as writing "High Adventure" in 1944, John Stannage also wrote "Smithy" the story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. It was published in 1950 by Oxford University Press. I have a copy in my collection.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 1, 2017 22:29:46 GMT 12
Anything you can find out and share here Trevor would be appreciated, as it would be great to get it recorded in public here for others to see. Thanks very much.
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Post by trevor on Jul 2, 2017 3:12:28 GMT 12
My mother says John Stannage was born in a South Africa whilst his parents were living there and running their shops. I will find out more and post here. She says she knows he moved from the radio station to go Fiji and set up radio for them over there.
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Post by errolmartyn on Jul 2, 2017 6:51:09 GMT 12
My mother says John Stannage was born in a South Africa whilst his parents were living there and running their shops. I will find out more and post here. She says she knows he moved from the radio station to go Fiji and set up radio for them over there. According to the 1911 UK census taken on 2 April, he was living at Fern House, Binbrook, Market Rasen with his uncle and aunt Arthur and Elizabeth Keller. He was aged 5 at the time and his birthplace is recorded as Piquetberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Errol
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Post by trevor on Jul 2, 2017 8:42:43 GMT 12
My mother just sent me a photo from a family tree confirming John Stanley Warburton was born 1906 Picketberg South Africa.
I can't seem to load photos on here from my iPhone but as my mother and aunt send me details I will post for you. My Mum will email a close family friend of John's in NZ who will be able to tell you everything of his later life.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 2, 2017 10:52:38 GMT 12
Thanks Trevor. There are major issues with posting photos here at the moment. If you email me the photo to dave_daasnz@hotmail.com I'll post it here for you.
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Post by gibbo on Jul 2, 2017 11:44:27 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 2, 2017 20:40:18 GMT 12
Some photos and captions from Trevor: This is his parents gravestone in Sproxton churchyard. His grandfather His great-grandparents This is the farmhouse his parents bought on returning from New Zealand. Not much interest for you other than curiosity perhaps as John didn't return with them at that time but I suspect he visited.
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Post by robcross55 on Sept 13, 2018 12:59:21 GMT 12
16 March 1970 WHANGAREI (NZ), Monday (AAP). — A crew member of Kingsford Smith's famous aircraft. Southern Cross, Mr John S. Stannage, 65, died yesterday. As radio operator Mr Stannage participated in the first successful North Atlantic crossing from London to New York in 1930. In August of 1969 at the age of 13 I was receiving treatment for a brain tumour in the Auckland Public Hospital neurological unit. One of the other patients was an "elderly", as it seemed to me, man I knew only as John. A tumour had greatly impaired his cognitive and other functions but it was explained to me I should be kind to him and accept some "errors" of judgement and performance, as he had once flown with Kingsford Smith as a radio operator. Could this be the John Stannage people have been looking for news of? A sad end for a man who lead such an interesting life, but one I think he eventually had little knowledge of.
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Post by londoner on Jan 6, 2019 1:55:11 GMT 12
I'm interested in this particular thread about John Stannage. About 50 years ago I began collecting anything about Charles Kingsford-Smith, and as a result of an advertisement I put in Exchange & Mart, was sent an airmail cover by a vicar. I cannot remember the exact wording of his letter, so I'm not sure if he was the recipient of the letter, but he told me the cover had been carried on Kingsford-Smith's Atlantic flight in 1930. It is not postmarked but contains three British, two Irish, and one American stamp. The wording on the envelope is as follows:
To the Revd. B Thursby Pitts, c/o John S.W.Stannage Esq, Wireless operator 'Southern Cross' Aeroplane. Via TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT East to West CAPT. KINGSFORD SMITH PILOT Please post if undelivered to Sproxton Vicarage, Melton Mowbray, England.
It is only when I read the post here, that I found out that the Stannage family had links with Sproxton. My reckoning is that Stannage was in Sproxton prior to the Atlantic flight and the local vicar asked him to carry this cover on the flight. I don't know if any mail was flown. On the back of the cover are the signatures of Kingsford-Smith, Stannage, and Capt. Saul. I would be grateful if anyone can shed any light on the mystery of whether the cover was carried on the flight.
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Post by kiwicollector on Aug 28, 2019 9:56:44 GMT 12
I'm interested in this particular thread about John Stannage. About 50 years ago I began collecting anything about Charles Kingsford-Smith, and as a result of an advertisement I put in Exchange & Mart, was sent an airmail cover by a vicar. I cannot remember the exact wording of his letter, so I'm not sure if he was the recipient of the letter, but he told me the cover had been carried on Kingsford-Smith's Atlantic flight in 1930. It is not postmarked but contains three British, two Irish, and one American stamp. The wording on the envelope is as follows: To the Revd. B Thursby Pitts, c/o John S.W.Stannage Esq, Wireless operator 'Southern Cross' Aeroplane. Via TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT East to West CAPT. KINGSFORD SMITH PILOT Please post if undelivered to Sproxton Vicarage, Melton Mowbray, England. It is only when I read the post here, that I found out that the Stannage family had links with Sproxton. My reckoning is that Stannage was in Sproxton prior to the Atlantic flight and the local vicar asked him to carry this cover on the flight. I don't know if any mail was flown. On the back of the cover are the signatures of Kingsford-Smith, Stannage, and Capt. Saul. I would be grateful if anyone can shed any light on the mystery of whether the cover was carried on the flight.
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Post by kiwicollector on Aug 28, 2019 9:57:47 GMT 12
I'm interested in this particular thread about John Stannage. About 50 years ago I began collecting anything about Charles Kingsford-Smith, and as a result of an advertisement I put in Exchange & Mart, was sent an airmail cover by a vicar. I cannot remember the exact wording of his letter, so I'm not sure if he was the recipient of the letter, but he told me the cover had been carried on Kingsford-Smith's Atlantic flight in 1930. It is not postmarked but contains three British, two Irish, and one American stamp. The wording on the envelope is as follows: To the Revd. B Thursby Pitts, c/o John S.W.Stannage Esq, Wireless operator 'Southern Cross' Aeroplane. Via TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT East to West CAPT. KINGSFORD SMITH PILOT Please post if undelivered to Sproxton Vicarage, Melton Mowbray, England. It is only when I read the post here, that I found out that the Stannage family had links with Sproxton. My reckoning is that Stannage was in Sproxton prior to the Atlantic flight and the local vicar asked him to carry this cover on the flight. I don't know if any mail was flown. On the back of the cover are the signatures of Kingsford-Smith, Stannage, and Capt. Saul. I would be grateful if anyone can shed any light on the mystery of whether the cover was carried on the flight.
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Post by kiwicollector on Aug 28, 2019 11:03:39 GMT 12
Hi , Regarding John S W Stannage during the search for the Southern Cross which later which later became known as the Coffee Royal affair, the serch went from 30th March to 12th April 1929 when the crew of the Southern Cross were found alive and well by the Airliner Canbeera on mudflats of a tributary of the Glenelg river where they had made a forced landing . During the search John Stannage was the radio operator on the Airliner Canbeera , and it was he that broadcast the message that " Found Found All safe" he and Kingsford Smiths became firm friends for the remainder of Smithys life with Stannage Joining the crew of the Southern Cross as radio operator. Some years ago i purchased a book and signed photograph from Trademe. The details from the auction were the Photograph had come from the estate of John Stannage who moved to New Zealand . The photograph is an aerial shot taken from the Airliner Canbeera and captures the discovery of the Southern Cross and crew , signed by Charles Kingsford Smith and John SW Stannage ,
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