| Description | Containing slides numbered:
176) Mr Gordon Armstrong, founder of the business, on Beverley Westwood, about to take flight in his aircraft (referred to as Armstrong 1, which in fact had a small Bleriot aero-engine) 1910
176b) Mr Armstrong and supporters on the Westwood up by the Gatehouse onto Walkington Road
176c) Item from 'Beverley Guardian' on the event, 1910. The plane just managed one circuit and never flew again
177) Aerial view of Gordon Armstrong's house, Molescroft, just over the Westwood boundary. This later became Beverley College
178) Aerial view of Armstrongs Patents factory between Eastgate and Station Square
179) Armstrong's office building frontage on Eastgate
180) Armstrong's catalogue, the factory made items for the motor industry
181) Armstrong's Shock Absorber on which the firm's prosperity was based
182) The demolition of the Armstrong site from Station Square in the 1970s |