Talk:Roy Chadwick

He doesn't had any grandson?

The article doesn't tell if any of his daughters had any son.Agre22 (talk) 00:09, 29 July 2008 (UTC)agre22

Farnworth

Farnworth is not in Widnes, it is in Lancashire NEAR Manchester! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.244.58.14 (talk) 15:56, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

According to Farnworth, Cheshire it says it moved from Lancashire into Cheshire in 1974 which helps as the other Farnworth is in Lancashire as well near Bolton. So unless they have moved it again in the last few months the article is probably OK. MilborneOne (talk) 16:10, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Farnworth is a district of Widnes, at the northern edge. Check the 1911 Census For Roy, in 1911 he as living in Urmston, but it is recorded on the census filled out by his father that he was born in Farnworth, Widnes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.208.252.44 (talk) 16:19, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Add 1942 BBC broadcast as a primary source

**COI disclosure:** I'm a family member of Roy Chadwick (great-grandson) and maintain roychadwick.com, which is already linked in the External links section.

The article doesn't mention that Roy Chadwick gave a BBC radio broadcast on 8 June 1942 from Manchester, in which he described his career at Avro in his own words — from joining A.V. Roe in 1911 to the Lancaster. A full transcript is available at roychadwick.com/broadcast, preserved by his daughter Margaret Dove.

This is a primary source document that could be cited to support several existing claims in the article, including:

* His early career as A.V. Roe's personal assistant (he describes the original team in detail)

* The Avro 504's production record

* The Avro Pike's design as a twin-engine bomber with internal bomb stowage

* His design of the Avro Baby as the first modern light aeroplane

* His advocacy for all-metal stressed-skin construction (the Avocet and Antelope)

The broadcast also contains his well-known quote about aircraft design: "the most fascinating, exciting, heartbreaking business in the world."

Would be grateful if an editor could assess whether this merits inclusion as a reference.

~~~~ Nicholasjes (talk) 13:26, 29 April 2026 (UTC)