Croydon Airport heritage

Title

Croydon Airport heritage

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:10:20

Description

A brief history of Croydon Airport and a plea to conserve it as a heritage site. Sir Peter Masefield - the recently retired chairman of London Transport - is leading the efforts to conserve Croydon and recalls the glamour surrounding Britain’s first airport during his younger days. Clip includes excerpts from archive report(s) and archive audio from control tower. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Peter Masefield

Keywords

Transport; London; Airports; History; Aviation; Air traffic control; Surrey; Heritage conservation; Croydon Airport

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