By: bazv - 27th March 2013 at 20:02
A very sad tale.
Bill Lancaster was an interesting character, something of an entrepreneur and adventurer (obviously). One of his enterprises was the Red Rose (Lancaster) garage, which he established in Wendover, Bucks, just down the road from RAF Halton.
The premises are still to be seen, adjacent to the filling station on the Aylesbury road, and are now occupied by a car spares company. Certainly up to very recently at least, the Red Rose logo was still displayed on the building. I imagine very few people now know , or care, about the history or the man.
Sorry late reply Propstrike…but I bought my first car from Red Rose garage in 1971…£35 for an Austin A40 cambridge (1200cc of pulsating power :rolleyes:)
I always thought the Lancaster/Miller story was extremely sad and the discovery of his a/c was quite a shock at the time !
By: Avro Avian - 23rd March 2013 at 21:41
The remains of the Avro Avian he met his end with in the desert are currently held by the Queensland Museum in Brisbane.
By: steve64 - 23rd March 2013 at 12:08
Quite fascinating that. I hadn’t heard about it before.
By: Propstrike - 23rd March 2013 at 07:50
A very sad tale.
Bill Lancaster was an interesting character, something of an entrepreneur and adventurer (obviously). One of his enterprises was the Red Rose (Lancaster) garage, which he established in Wendover, Bucks, just down the road from RAF Halton.
The premises are still to be seen, adjacent to the filling station on the Aylesbury road, and are now occupied by a car spares company. Certainly up to very recently at least, the Red Rose logo was still displayed on the building. I imagine very few people now know , or care, about the history or the man.
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