6 May - 17 Sep Blue Sky Thinking: The Shorts Brothers' Airships

Sunday 17 September 2017

The Higgins Bedford, Castle Lane

Free Entry

2017 celebrates the centenary of airships being built here in Bedfordshire. The Shorts Brothers started building R.31, the first of their airships, at the Cardington sheds in 1917, as well as building homes for workers in the village that still heralds their name today, ‘Shortstown’.  Discover the story of three remarkable brothers; Oswald, Eustace and Horace and their vision for a British airship industry.  Come and understand more about the Zeppelin airship raids of WW1 and the impact of early airships on Bedfordshire and the wider world

www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk

6 May - 17 Sep Blue Sky Thinking: The Shorts Brothers' Airships

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