Papers and photos of Reginald Moores
From: Letter in the AtticDigital scans of fireguard handbook, small arms training pamphlet and copy of ‘Brighton and Hove Under Fire’. Seven photos related to Reginald Moores.
Creator
Moores, Reginald, (1922-)Date of creation
1940-1946Extent
Scans of 3 photos, 2 documents, 1 armband and 3 pamphletsAccess
OpenLicense
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)Reference number
LIA/65Background information
Reg Moores was born at 31 John Street, Brighton, and has lived in Brighton all his life. His first job was for Gillam Motors in George Street, and then worked for Galliers electrical engineers in St James Street, and began working for Allan West at the beginning of the Second World War. He was a volunteer for the Red Cross in the 1930s and recruited into the ARP in 1939, which later became the ARP Home Guard unit. During this time he began performing as an ice skater at venues in London and along the south coast, including the S.S. Brighton in West Street, Brighton. In 1943 he joined the RAF. After the war, he continued performing as an ice skater in the UK and abroad. He became an ice show engineer and chief electrician, and subsequently had a long and extremely varied career in various aspects of engineering and ice shows. In the course of his career he invented items such as the radio microphone and suitcase wheels.
Reg Moores in uniform
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