No sooner are the New Year festivities over than it is time to think about the next big calendar event – Easter. One of the first signs of the upcoming
A WELL-LOVED Cricklade woman who served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force was laid to rest on Monday after she passed away aged 102. Ruth Webster was born May 19 1918 in Sharpness and grew up with her two brothers, Jack and Wallace. She attended grammar school in Bristol and emerged as a young lady not unafraid of challenges. On October 5 1930 they moved to Filton, a particularly memorable day for those of her family because it was the day the airship R101 crashed. Here, her brother Jack showed her how to use a micrometer and a Vernier, which resulted in a job at the British Aircraft Corporation.