The remarkable history of the Seawomen of the Marinecraft Unit, and the first BOAC Stewardesses at Poole.
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Celebrating the Seawomen of the Marinecraft Unit, and the first BOAC Stewardesses at Poole.
Our Archive
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The AYE MA'AM story is published as a series of illustrated documents (pdfs) produced as a result of extensive, ongoing research -
Chapters are published here as they become available.
Please click on any of the ‘live’ links below to arrive at a page that gives an excerpt to that chapter and relevant pdf download:
Our archive index: |
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Introduction |
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Part one |
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Part two |
Marine School of BOAC at Poole with a Syllabus for the Seawomen |
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(2) |
Part one |
Sky High ~ BOAC Shuttle Services between Poole and Foynes, Eire! |
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(2) |
Part two |
US Stewardesses on the Flying Boats of Pan Am, AEA and Avalon |
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(3) |
Part one |
Tour de Force ~ Women with the Military when based at Poole! |
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Part two |
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Forces on Tours of Duty ~ Women with the Military Elsewhere! |
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(6) |
Part one |
A Changing World ~ Other Women’s Lives locally faced with war! |
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Part two |
The Remarkable Mrs Louie Dingwall (née Louisa / Louie Foott) |
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The Focus of Other Women ~ Within the Local Workforce at Poole |
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Jean Batten aka the ‘Garbo of the Skies’ ~ joins Poole’s Workforce |
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Women elsewhere employed in work formerly undertaken by men |
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Seawomen to the Fore: Boeings, RAF Transport Command and All |
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Organisational Structures within BOAC for employment of Women |
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(12) |
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Air Transport Auxilliary (ATA) |
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The Flying Nightingales |
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(14) |
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Marguerite Wilson |
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omicron |
(15) |
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Steering a Difference Course: when the Boys came Home! |
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Signalling Success ~ Signals Team at the Marine Terminal, Salterns |
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On the Crest of a Wave ~ Progressing into the Postwar Era at Poole |
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Customs by Taxi ~ BOAC Hurn and integral relationship with Poole |
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(18) |
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Moving on ~ Relocation of BOAC to Berth 50 Southampton, 1948 |
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(20) |
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BOAC’s Grand Finalé for FBs ~ Springbok and Dragon Routes etc. |
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(21) |
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Aquila |
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(22) |
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BOAC Landplanes taking- |
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Libbie Escolme- |
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Legacy! |
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summation |
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PFBC Volunteers and an AYE MA'AM Celebration at Home ... Time for Reflections |
Our Archivist
Our Archivist, Aimée (also a PFBC Trustee) has a background in Education and Applied Psychology; she is also a Social Historian.
Aimée co-