What a tale of derring-do!
Real 'Boy's Own' stuff!

And if you're only just coming to the amazing story of the California Clipper, we are genuinely so excited for you — it is, as we say here in The Up Front Towers, an absolute bloody ripper.

Start here: theupfront.media/the-long-way... #avgeek

The Archives at #KeighleyLibrary have a microfilm reader/scanner which I used the other day to locate a 1910 Borough court report on one of the men I'm researching. It also creates pdf's of the microfilm.
We've just linked to their pdf's of the Great War years:
menofworth.org.uk/archives/kei...

That’s beautiful! Those panels between the rafters look incredibly detailed!
They really did a great job!

Wasn't that close to where the stock car racing was held on weekends?
I think we also went there to catch newt spawn in the 1960s...

It is! To be honest the photo doesn't do it justice at all!
They wanted to show off the prosperity of Bradford's Woollen Trade and they really pulled out all the stops with this building.

It was his mother's maiden name. She was Harriet Wardrobe, which is a brilliant name in itself! Her dad was Mordecai Wardrobe, which might be even better!

That’s great advice. I was told never to waffle if you don’t know the answer. I remember being told to say: “That’s an excellent question. I don’t know the answer, but I will find out and I will get back to you.”

A policeman once told me in no uncertain terms that the yellow lines include the whole thoroughfare which includes both pavements as well. That car is still parked on double yellow lines and is illegally parked, whether the driver likes it or not.

I have a Wardrobe Doughty and his wife Vanda Doughty.

Yeah it was, I have to say as an Air Cadet (so many years ago) I was always fascinated with all the windows in the Anson. I loved the design of it and it was perfect for a maritime reconnaissance role.
When I read the crash report it struck me in a rather personal way. Made me stop and think.

That's not correct. I vaguely recall something from the early days of Baader Meinhoff (a small group) their purpose was to terrorise governments into changing our way of life. Make them so scared they could be controlled by it. Look at all the security and public cctv we have nowadays.

Good to hear you're better!
Cecil Knight, one of our #Oakworth Remembrance Trail men died when his Avro Anson flew into the side of a mountain in Snowdonia during a night navigation exercise:
menofworth.org.uk/cecil-knight/

In April 2020 I walked around the rather empty Airedale Centre in Keighley and photographed all the signage, because, why not?
They are in Keighley Local History Society archives now:
www.flickr.com/photos/keigh...

I should add that these are tips I've picked up over the years. Occasionally I have a flash of inspiration, but it's very much expertise learned from others.

Also, you might pick up someone else’s research on them online, and accounts or letters and News cuttings of their story, to fill in gaps on your man’s story.

I do this quite a lot. I think it’s important to get the whole picture as much as possible, including the father and son killed alongside Luther McKechnie:

https://menofworth.org.uk/luther-mckechnie/

Yes. Sliced banana rolled in desiccated coconut as a side dish. I’d totally forgotten that was a thing.