Thursday, February 12th, 2009
“A little more on ‘Formidable’ from my fathers diary.”
We are fortunate to be able to read this remarkable story, kindly sent by the son of the author after a chat over the phone while he was ordering 2 prints of the painting on page http://frickers.co.uk/marine-art/formidable_seafires.html.
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(Gordon’s notes in brackets, abbreviations marked * explained at the end of the text)
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Newsletter, Sea Fever and super yachts, The Marine Art of Gordon Frickers No. 8 © august 2009
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