Lieutenant-General Sir Nigel Poett
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"Lieutenant-General Sir Nigel Poett, K.C.B., D.S.O."
In June 1961, Lieutenant-General Sir Nigel Poett returns to the Far East to succeed General Sir Richard Hall as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces. General Poett had previously served with...
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Go-Kart Kids
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- Unidad documental simple
- 1962-8-21
When a director of a British precision engineering company was asked by his nine-year-old son to make him a pedal car, he decided to design and build a go-kart which would not only stand up to hard wear but would also incorporate special safety fe...
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Britain's Newest Cable Ship to Lay United States-Bermuda Cable
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- 1961-5-22
Britain's newest cable ship, "Retriever", pictured here at Surrey Commercial Docks, London, England, is being prepared for her first working voyage, when she will lay the shore ends of a new telephone cable between the United States and Bermuda.
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