In 1941 a Wellington Bomber, whilst out on a final training flight caught the metal tie of a barrage balloon on its wing, whilst flying over Stapleton. It was not a good idea, but at the time visibility was not good and the sorry end to this tale is that it crash landed in St Andrew’s Park, where most of the crew sadly perished. A commemorative plaque, a large piece of slate has now been erected to mark that disaster. Quite what that’s got to do with the maisonette that I saw today I don’t know, other than the fact that it was opposite the park! The disaster only recently came to light, but this maisonette, which has also only just ‘come to light’, will need significant money to be spent on it…   more »