Gosport Photographs: Keith le Geyt Lansdowne 1897 – 1984
Keith le Gent Lansdowne aged 17 in 1914 from album 3 Historic Croydon Airport Trust is extraordinarily fortunate to have 3 albums... Read More
Women and Work in the First World War – The War in the Air
The merging of the RFC and the RNAS to form the Royal Air Force (RAF) raised fears about losing their specialised female... Read More
The Role of Women and Work in World War One – General Background
From the late eighteenth century the Industrial Revolution used the labour of women, both single and married. Most women still worked in... Read More
National Aircraft Factory No. 1: Part 2
Bill O’Neill continues his piece on tha National Aircraft Factory No. 1 at Croydon here: NAF No1 first of the DC9s nearing... 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