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Mick Blandford
© Ken Schoch
Bill Bruce served on Weather Explorer and then went on to present the weather on the BBC
© BBC
Norman Douglas onboard Weather Explorer in 1957
© Alan Douglas
?, Willie Wilkie, ?
© William Wilkie
Willie Wilkie
© William Wilkie
Mike Hatch's wedding guests 1967
L to R - Bob Mackenzie, Willie Manson & Wife, Robin Mounsey (non OWS), Archie & Jean Burns, Ian Harvey & Wife, Taffy Thomas & Wife, Grace & Ian Hitchcock, Vince Dumphy.
© Mike Hatch
Mike Hatch
© Mike Hatch
Mike Hatch
© Mike Hatch
Mike Hatch
© Mike Hatch
?, Mike Hatch
© Mike Hatch
Clipping submitted by Mike Hatch
© Unknown
Frank Nolan working in Explorers Radio Room 1953
© Alan Douglas
Pete Birnie working in Explorers Radio Room 1953
© Alan Douglas
Crew onboard Explorer during the 1953 Coronation Review Salute
including Joe Gledhill, Ernie Ellis, Jim Steel, Byron Jones
© Alan Douglas
Douglas McNabb, John Street, Tommy Douglas, Ian Harvey, Pete Birnie, John Grug, Frank Fountain
Onboard Explorer during the 1953 Coronation Review
© Alan Douglas
J MacKenzie & Donald McNabb launching a baloon from Explorer in 1953
© Alan Douglas
Crew watching a Shackleton paper drop from Explorer in 1953
© Alan Douglas
Xmas 1953 in Explorers Wardroom
Ted Birchnell, Bob Kelly, Jim McDonald, Alex Black, Geoff Henderson, Ron West, Norman Douglas, Ian Harvey, Tom Harrison, Frank Nolan, Tom Markinson
© Alan Douglas
M. Bibb & Tommy Douglas onboard Weather Explorer 1954
© Alan Douglas
Frank Nolan exercising onboard Weather Explorer 1954
© Alan Douglas
W Burton, R Lawrence & M. Bibb, Weather Explorer 1954
© Alan Douglas
Christina Douglas onboard Weather Adviser's maiden voyage from Blyth to Greenock
© Alan Douglas
Eddie Parry
© Lewis Parry
Robert Thomson on Reporter's Bridge in 1963
© Robert Thomson
John Davison pictured here at his wedding
© Clare Davison
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