Geography in Kent > City, Town and Village Histories
Overshore, Upchurch.Rainham
Mike Gunnill:
--- Quote from: Cosmo Smallpiece on July 01, 2020, 09:48:11 AM ---Hi Mike,
thanks for the reply. Shame there's not a better image. To confirm the description (First making aircraft parts, then fuselages and eventually under contract - the company produced complete aircraft.") appears to be born out in period articles.
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It is a shame but until I found the image, this image hadn't been seen or even published before. The quality of finished picture was the very best I could obtain in by 50+ years as a photographer. The latter years using PhotoShop software everyday. If of course we could locate the photographer, perhaps he kept his glass negatives we would have a better image. The image is a moment of history and has already reproduced in two magazine. It has inspired others, like yourself to look at this great man. The Wells family themselves had never seen the picture and were very pleased. Sometimes you have to accept what you have, knowing there is very chance of improving on it. This image is such an example, I guess.
There are other people to find in this story, his secret mistress, who inspired him. She lost three fingers when trying to start an aircraft-propeller for Wells. Where are the Kent built Wells-Cottages? They have never been found. Plus his bankruptcy at the end of the war when practical matters caught up with his big ideas and dreams. This may take a while.
It is also confusing that we now appear to be posting about the same man in two different areas of this forum.
Cosmo Smallpiece:
Hi Mike,
thanks for the reply. Shame there's not a better image. To confirm the description (First making aircraft parts, then fuselages and eventually under contract - the company produced complete aircraft.") appears to be born out in period articles.
Mike Gunnill:
--- Quote from: Cosmo Smallpiece on June 30, 2020, 10:39:05 AM ---Hi MikeGunnill. I've left a reply on the other thread, which you may have missed?
I'm hoping you can supply a better image or background details on your biplane picture. I appreciate you are busy writing your new article/book. I know that plane is now of little interest to you, but it is to those of you who have taken time out to help you out. Cheers.
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Thats the only image I have, which I obtained from a Wells relation. On the back of the image was " Reginald standing on the aircraft wing in 1915 for a picture of the Wells Aviation Company Limited. First making aircraft parts, then fuselages and eventually under contract - the company produced complete aircraft."
The aircraft is very important but I have moved on, to the Overshore location. My work has be centred on Kent, except for a short time testing at Overshore and of course his 9 years as a potter based in the county, he has little connection with Kent.
I didn't miss your previous posting. I replied to you personally by PM explaining what I was doing.
Kind Regards
Mike
Cosmo Smallpiece:
Hi MikeGunnill. I've left a reply on the other thread, which you may have missed?
I'm hoping you can supply a better image or background details on your biplane picture. I appreciate you are busy writing your new article/book. I know that plane is now of little interest to you, but it is to those of you who have taken time out to help you out. Cheers.
Mike Gunnill:
--- Quote from: Nemo on June 28, 2020, 03:08:20 PM ---Talking of which... http://www.dover-kent.com/2014-project-b/Lord-Stanley-Upchurch.html (same image, mind!)
Overshore Cottages appear in the (zoomable) map in the link in post 3.
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Nemo: That was the Lord Stanley pub ( left )at the bottom of Windmill Hill. Mentioned in a previous post, it was a scene photographed by a local Rainham photographer. When the windmill caught fire in 1910, the photographer missed the event and just added painted smoke to the mill and put the image on sale again. It looks strange but an early example of Photoshopping on a photograph.
I think this was covered in the Mill section on this forum by ex member and expert bertroid: https://www.kenthistoryforum.com/index.php?topic=450.0
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