Serving a crisp salad – the stewards of the Silver Wing Paris flights
Another post from U3A member Cheryl Bailey on luxury travel to Paris by plane in the 1930s: In the 1930s, responsibility for... Read More
National Aircraft Factory No 1: Part One
A post from U3A group member Bill O’Neill on the rise of the industrial estate around Croydon Airport and the need for... Read More
Faces of Amy Johnson: A Woman of her Time
Amy about to board Jason in 1930 Another post by Trish Allen on Amy Johnson and the context for women, work and... Read More
The Railways Take Off . . .
A post from Mike Homewood from our U3A group about some surprising reminiscences from a friend: A chance remark to an old... Read More
The Ten-Minute Check-In!
Booking Hall Olley Airline Services, 1937 (c) Croydon Airport Society Air travel today may be faster, smoother and more accessible than it... Read More
Faces of Amy Johnson: The Fashionable Flyer
Portrait by Studio Hugh White 1937 One of our U3A volunteers has been undertaking the mammoth task of looking at less known... Read More
“The fascination and comfort of Silver Wing travel”
Interior of Scylla (a postcard in the collection of Croydon Aiport Society) This slogan is how Imperial Airways chose to advertise their... Read More
Channel Hopping for High Flyers
A blog on the prestige of flying to Paris from Cheryl Bailey, one of our U3A project team: Passengers taking a return flight to... Read More
“The Suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots ” Ezekiel xxvii 28
Image of crash on 9 September 1936 A prescient post from U3A project member Peter Day explores the potential dangers of living... Read More
Jean Batten – The Garbo of the Skies. A young Croydon boy’s recollection.
This week we have a post from a member of our University of the Third Age Shared Learning Team – Mike Homewood.Within the books and... Read More