The Day I Saw a Huge Flying Cucumber Passing Overhead ; Recent Articles About the 1932 Floods, the Time the Ill-Fated R101 Airship Flew Over Derby and the Co-Op Divi Brought Back Some Vivid Memories for Ivy Ryalls, of Alvaston, of Her Own Childhood Experiences in the 1930s, As She Recounts Here.

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Recent articles about the 1932 floods, the time the ill-fated R101 airship flew over Derby and the Co-op divi brought back some vivid memories for Ivy Ryalls, of Alvaston, of her own childhood experiences in the 1930s, as she recounts here.

I Was sitting on a small wooden chair outside, near to the back door of my house in Glossop Street, Derby, facing in the direction of the Rolls-Royce works where all the cars were being made, when, suddenly, my attention was drawn to the sky.

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The Day I Saw a Huge Flying Cucumber Passing Overhead ; Recent Articles About the 1932 Floods, the Time the Ill-Fated R101 Airship Flew Over Derby and the Co-Op Divi Brought Back Some Vivid Memories for Ivy Ryalls, of Alvaston, of Her Own Childhood Experiences in the 1930s, As She Recounts Here.

There, on my right, was a huge, grey cucumber-shaped thing in the sky, moving quite quickly but quietly over my head.

I was seven years old and was quite...

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