Boulton and Paul are still around today, they now do joinery, e.g. doors and
window frames, joinery products, for the house building industry, theres a
branch near me, in Blantyre, south lanarkshire.
This is confirmed by the way, as when i was in the building trade i went to
collect some materials from there and in the main office was a pic of the Bp
Defiant, i asked about it, and one of the managers father had been working
for them for many years; had told him about these days.
Its a small world, but its a big country!!!
"ANDREW ROBERT BREEN" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Mycroft wrote:
All Shorts were named after coastal towns & villages begining with S
another
name they used was Sidestrand a small Norfolk village 6 or so miles
south
of Cromer on the North sea coast.

IIRC the Sidestrand (bomber of about 1929 or so) was by Boulton &
Paul of Wolverhampton, not Shorts of Belfast, and was replaced by
the Boulton & Paul Overstrand.

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Andy Breen ~ Interplanetary Scintillation Research Group
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