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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