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Small and it‘s builder Frederick â€" three factories where it was | the time I was laid off in _ We n _ s c e es â€" bits are all that remain of â€" Handley Page who had been _ manufactured. April 1960, we had two more ;i e 3 "“"‘:“W what was once the underearâ€" _ educated at my school." "I decided to emigrate to _ children â€" twins. Then, I went i&; i;,gl hh . ~ ; %59 es \m«x”*%{’e"“ riage of a Halifax bomber airâ€" During World War II, the Canada," recalls Terry. â€" to Chalk River working on M e C wh zef ;; %é*”a, 1 plane. His job is to put the Ha:_ldlcy-Page company â€" Accredited as an undercarâ€" â€" nuclear design for 30 years." ,\fi‘fi%%‘% 3 Mw #,,q,,\, hwm;- thing together again. He will. _ designed and built the Haliâ€" riage design draftsman, in Germaine and Terry lived \ s _ _ 4 s\fiafi'&:&f s Since Terry and Germaine _ fax bomber. f 1953 he boarded a ship in Deep River and then Pemâ€" | NUAE ; _ f OBR ETT James moved o their Shiloh â€". "Ihad always considered . bound for Canada with only . broke. raitine thelt ‘hce CBF : :&:\.t‘\'&-\f .. ;>}3 i=%" retirement home five years tha} photograph, been drawn the name of a T(?ronlo relaâ€" â€" dren, pursuing their hobbies & »;;;%QM,G 'L U*‘ ago,.[hre_ads of the past k;?ep to it. I thought that was more _ tive in reserve. Disembarking _ and interests, Terry never lost oé,f{i\\:\\\s-fi‘“‘»)‘» | i_@i| â€" manifesting themselves like . important than degrees." from a train in Toronto at 7 â€" his enthusiasm for aviation. t“\\‘*«gi;;&:?;‘;’a\:‘&"fe«‘gfi,n,’5., i \| . the interwoven patterns of Now, over 50 years later, â€" a.m. one morning, the same _ After retirement in 1990, the _ n\;%;\::p%é,:{g“‘?\“*}?:};“‘}s w _,%, one of Germaine‘s tapestry‘s. T.erry is working on a Halifax _ day he went for a job interâ€" James‘ eventually sold “{(Z»".,i“’z,(fig&:gfi’“”;"or“wmn | _ The Halifax Restoration Proâ€" aircraft. view on King Street West. their Pembroke home and [ 2t isv‘:*”«’i}@%‘a“"r‘:%‘% dences. esting connection because _ mechanical draftsman for $40 _ maine‘s family homestead at § _ fié*m;g*”«\(\" ‘*,‘"3 Born in the Cotswolds on _ there are no Halifax‘s left. I _ a week. I really wanted to â€" Shiloh. _ ds :*V:f‘,vl"“ ’â€"Av.\,\ England, he attended a gramâ€" _ neverexpected to see one." _ work for Dowty in Ajax, but "In November of 1994, tlek,. Aâ€"S ;"“"‘?,,;‘Vv,‘wr,fl mar school at Cheltenham. Like a lesson in patience, they were not hiring design Germaine was invited to _ 21 _ _ woous yes S a "It was not too science and . Terry is proof that good people at that time. Eventuâ€" attend a convention of the f‘:’:f‘/w:,\”‘fl,a;%“«' ) â€" technology oriented," heâ€" things happen to those who . ally Dowty did offer me a â€" international rug hooking [ a5. oA cae t . es â€" recalls. "They had an Honour. . wait. True to his conviction, . job." association. I said I thought Bits and pieces â€" Terry James of Shiloh faces a Board with the names of all <in 1947 Terry started a fiveâ€" Indecd, it was working on _ she better go," recalls Terry challenge of technical skill: the restoration of the â€" those who had gone on to year he apprenticeship with the famed Canadian Avro _ of Germaine‘s acclaim and landing gear of a Halifax bomber retrieved from _ university. My cousin‘s name~â€"Dowty Equipment Ltd.., one _ Arrow design starting Christâ€" ‘recognized talents as a rug the bottom of a Norwegian lake. was on the board and my parâ€" of the pioneer undercarrâ€" mas 1953. hooking instructor and creâ€" PHoTo ay Manpy Maatin _ ¢nts would hold it up to me. _ riage/hydraulic aviation comâ€" "I worked on the Arrow | .ator. f o "Germaine‘s friend from â€" the States was also going and she as interested in taking a tour the cotswolds where I grew up. I thought I should be the Boy Scout for the group to show. I visited the > Duxford Museum while Gerâ€" § maine attended the conferâ€" C ence. I saw people working t on World War II planes. I thought to myself; if I lived here, I‘d be doing that. I never thought of it happening 4 locally." . ., Ne Later, reading a the British x3 magazine Aeroplane “:E Monthly, Terry read of the 9 Canadian Halifax restoration project. k