Winifred Brown was a celebrated aviator of the 1920s and 30s most notably winning the prestigious King’s Cup Race around England in 1930. She was already a County tennis player, an enthusiastic hockey goal-keeper (she toured Australia as part of the England team in 1927) and an early ice-hockey player. However it was flying that made her a national celebrity.
ISBN 978-0-9575549-5-5 |
|
IQUITOS "Thursday nights and Sundays are gala days in Iquitos, and really great occasions. On these days the town’s one and only “tram” turns out. An ancient steam-engine drawing two dilapidated open trucks, puffing, snorting, and rattling up the main street, the passengers pitching and lurching in every direction. Whenever it begins to wheeze, the driver throws another log to the fire and off it clatters again. The “tram” has but two speeds, “full out”, and “stop”. Consequently the corners are a great peril, but the delighted inhabitants never fail to take a ride, some remaining in the trucks throughout the evening. The price of a ride round the block costs the equivalent of a one penny. The inhabitants’ “last” ride however is more costly, the tram being the only means of conveying them to the cemetery!" |