Hi,
I just noticed today while going round the roundabout at Heathfield Retail Park in Ayr that they have a bent propellor on a steel shaft mounted on a pole in the middle of the roundabout, now given that the retail park is on Liberator road this might be a small clue, but I was just wondering if anyone could shed any light as to where it came from,its background..
thanks
By: anneorac - 17th January 2011 at 08:56
Unless they have replaced it in the past few years, the story about the propeller being from the replica Spitfire is erroneous. Now I don’t actually know what it is from but I had always presumed it was a Hamilton Standard prop trawled up by a fishing boat, not an uncommon occurrence in the Firth of Clyde. A Corsair was trawled up and deposited in Ayr Harbour back in 1985 and I had presumed that the prop was from that. Another possibility is that it was from an Avenger which had its engine trawled up some time in the 1990s.
Anne
By: garryap17 - 16th January 2011 at 22:21
its funny I read about it on google but for some reason to me it doesnt look like a spitfire propellor (mind you what do I know not a spit fan give me a hurricane anyday:diablo:)
By: Atcham Tower - 16th January 2011 at 22:06
Google Heathfield Retail Park and all will be revealed!
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January 16, 2011 at 10:01 pm