The Ernest Willows, Cardiff
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The Ernest Willows, Cardiff
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 10 Apr 2011
Wetherspoons pub, opened in 2000, on the corner of City Road and Oxford Lane. Ernest Thompson Willows was a pioneer aviator. Born in Cardiff in 1886, he designed and built several airships. The first, named Willows 1, was in 1905. He died on August 23 1926 in a balloon accident giving joy rides at a public show at Hoo Park, Kempston, Bedford. His name is also commemorated in Willows High School. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2050065
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