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| Jonathon Verdon-Roe (left) and Eric Verdon Roe (right) at the top of the stairs leading to the centennial plaque. |
The overcast and rainy weather
outside did not deter the
approximately 100 aviation
enthusiasts gathered at the
Manchester Museum of Science
and Industry's Air and Space Hall
on January 18th 2010 to
celebrate the 100 anniversary of
the founding of the A.V. Roe
aircraft company.
The celebration got under way
around 14:30 hrs. with a ride on
vintage historical buses to the
Brownsfield Mill building in
Ancoats, Manchester England,
where the AVRO & Co. was
established 100 years earlier on
January 1, 1910 by Alliot Verdon
Roe (A.V.Roe) and his brother
Humphrey Verdon Roe (H.V.Roe).
The event was topped off with the
unveiling of a commemorative
plaque, dedicated to the
Brownsfield Mills by the two
grandsons of A.V and H.V, Eric
Verdon Roe and Jonathon Verdon
Roe.
.
outside did not deter the
approximately 100 aviation
enthusiasts gathered at the
Manchester Museum of Science
and Industry's Air and Space Hall
on January 18th 2010 to
celebrate the 100 anniversary of
the founding of the A.V. Roe
aircraft company.
The celebration got under way
around 14:30 hrs. with a ride on
vintage historical buses to the
Brownsfield Mill building in
Ancoats, Manchester England,
where the AVRO & Co. was
established 100 years earlier on
January 1, 1910 by Alliot Verdon
Roe (A.V.Roe) and his brother
Humphrey Verdon Roe (H.V.Roe).
The event was topped off with the
unveiling of a commemorative
plaque, dedicated to the
Brownsfield Mills by the two
grandsons of A.V and H.V, Eric
Verdon Roe and Jonathon Verdon
Roe.
.
| Eric Verdon Roe admiring the Manchester Science Museum's Roe triplane replica recently completed. |
| Brownsfield Mill centennial plaque marking the famous location of the founding of the A.V. Roe & Co. (AVRO) . |