Lmst

#DouglasBader

Residential Rehabilitation Unit, Stoke Mandeville, c.1990s - Douglas Bader Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/residential-rehabilitation-unit-stoke-mandeville-c-1990s-douglas-bader-pc-223635247.htm

#StokeMandeville #DouglasBader

Printed colour postcard showing the proposed design for a Residential Rehabilitation Unit at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, designed by Stewart K Riddick & Partners Ltd, Architects for the Douglas Bader Foundation. As far as I can tell the project was never completed.

Published by the Douglas Bader Foundation, not numbered, c.1990s.

Postally unused.

Excellent condition, with minimal corner bumps.

#DanSnow #DouglasBader

Funniest piece I've read all day ...

Dan Snow @thehistoryguy
The legendary RAF fighter pilot Douglas Bader died today in 1982.

This anecdote is not true but it is funny.

WAR OF WORDS
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the death of Sir Douglas Bader and I couldn't let it pass without this story about the RAF hero. He was giving a talk at an upmarket girls school about his time as a pilot in the Second World War. “So there were two of the f***ers behind me, three f***ers on my right, another f***er on the left," he told the audience. The headmistress went pale and interjected: “Ladies, the Fokker was a German aircraft.” Sir Douglas replied: “That may be, madam, but these f***ers were in Messerschmitts.” GRANT TUCKER

Client Info

Server: https://mastodon.social

Version: 2025.07

Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst