For five years Davia’s father, Lenny Nelson, asked her to go to Rattlesden, England, to visit the Air Force base where he was stationed during WWII and to find an old photograph hanging in the town pub honoring his 8th Air Force squadron. It was still there, over 50 years later, he told her. Finally, one fine Sunday, Davia headed out in search of the pub and a piece of her father’s past—the piece he was proudest of.
Lenny died on Christmas Eve 2015. In his honor, we share the journey with you.
Samuel Shelton Robinson helped produce this story with The Kitchen Sisters. He’s from London. It seemed only right.
180 - The Great Amish Pandemic Sewing Frolic
179 - The Nights of Edith Piaf
178- Hidden Kitchens - With Host Frances McDormand
177 - The Pardoning of Homer Plessy
176-Arctic Ice, Extreme Weather—Activist Photographer Camille Seaman
175 - Finding Julia Morgan
174 - The Braveheart Grandmothers and Yankton Sioux Coming of Age Ceremony
173 - Betty Reid Soskin, Celebrating the 100th Birthday of the Oldest Park Ranger in America
172 - The Sonic Memorial—The 20th Anniversary of 9/11m], Narrated by Paul Auster
171—What Fire Reveals: Stories from the CZU August Lightning Fires in The Santa Cruz Mountains
170—Route 66—The Mother Road
169—Cry Me A River
169-Gert McMullin—Sewing on the Frontline—From the AIDS Quilt to COVID-19 PPE
168-Soul to Soul at 50 — A Homecoming Festival in Ghana for African American Artists, 1971
166—Danni Washington and The Genius Generation
166-Dave Brubeck & The Ambassadors of Jazz
165—Spotlight on Black-Owned Pet Business Entrepreneurs
164 - Francis Coppola and North Beach Citizens—A Neighborhood Vision
163—Tales from Vietnamese Nail Shops in America
162—The Osaka Ramones: The All-Girl Punk Band - Shonen Knife
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