The Bower & Collier Family History
Research by Colin Bower
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Birthday in the Canary Islands
The year began with a Saga cruise around the Canary Islands.
I celebrated my birthday on La Gomera:
Visit to Silk Weavers in El Paso, La Palma
One of the excursions from the ship was a visit to El Paso on La Palma where silk weaving is still undertaken:
Visit to Cadiz
The highlight of the cruise was a visit to the beautiful city of Cadiz where Dad was taken by the Spanish rescue ship in 1941, before making his way home from Gibraltar:
Early Developments
We started the year trying to catch up on summarising some visits at the end of 2024:
Silk Weavers named Collier
- Vist to Sudbury, Suffolk October 2024
Saunders/Neville Family Tree
- Visit to Plymouth 11 December 2024
We made a further visit to Plymounth as part of a coach holiday in Babbacombe, Devon.
I took the opportunity to find out a little more about Stoke Damerel where Ann Neville was baptised in 1811:
Joan Hughes, Female Aviator
I checked to see if there had been any articles on the internet about Joan Hughes which were new to me.
I duly came acros 3 articles:
Ferry Pilots of the ATA - Joan Hughes MBE
Women RAF pilots "forgotten" in centenary celebrations (RAF100), say relatives
Women of the ATA mentioned on International Women's Day 8 March 2023
International Women's Day 2023
and I updated my entry under RAF100:
Colin Bower
31 January 2025
