Lawrence of Arabia: the Plymouth years
Lawrence of Arabia: the Plymouth years image: http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/images/localworld/ugc-images/275791/Article/images/19796759/5287914-mobile.jpg 14.09.13 3 comments By Plymouth Herald A SCRUFFY, thirty-something man called Shaw in ragged clothes walks into an RAF recruitment office to apply for a job. No wonder he looks rough: he's been living in the sidecar of his motorbike. There's no surprise, either, that the man behind the desk throws the would-be airman out of the office. The newest, most glamorous branch of the British Armed Forces is not short of younger, fitter, more smartly-dressed men eager to join its ranks. But the RAF hopeful does not give up. He returns a few minutes later with an official from the Air Ministry to vouch for him and is immediately accepted. The recruit was clearly a man with connections – in fact he was one of the most enigmatic heroes of 20th century Britain: Lawre...