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 completion March 1918
Faces of Amy Johnson: The Engineer
Mrs J.A, Mollison CBE, 1934. Courtesy IET The final post by Trish Allen on Amy Johnson and this time is is on her passion for
Faces of Amy Johnson: A Struggle with Depression?
Another post by Trish Allen on Amy Johnson and what drove her: Amy at Cairo on her return from Australia, 1930 So what interests people
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 production of aircraft
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 learning in the
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 friend about Croydon
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 was in the
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 sides to the
“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 Silver Wing service
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 Paris in the
“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 near to Croydon
1950s Tourism in North Africa
There are times when rummaging through an archive you find a document that has contemporary poignancy that has little to do with the document’s original
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 papers of the
Flying to the Past: Croydon to Persepolis – New Event Announcement
Olley Expedition Photograph,Persepolis (Croydon Airport Society) If any of you enjoyed the blog on Aerial Photographs of the Middle East in the 1930s, you can
Monique Agazarian and her bulldog
Monique Agazarian and Spike, 1952 Among the images in the archives is a photograph of Monique Agazarian and her beloved bull terrier Spike, a dog
