EAW015665 ENGLAND (1948). Salt End Distillery and environs, Salt End, from the south-west, 1948. This image has been produced from a print.

Delweddau cyfagos (8)

EAW015665

0° 0m

EPW006330

51° 73m

EPW012718

285° 163m

EPW012724

359° 166m

EPW012722

292° 173m

EPW010805

354° 200m

EPW012720

299° 211m

EPW034641

27° 281m

Manylion

Pennawd	[EAW015665] Salt End Distillery and environs, Salt End, from the south-west, 1948. This image has been produced from a print.
Cyfeirnod	EAW015665
Dyddiad	18-May-1948
Dolen
Enw lle	SALT END
Plwyf	PRESTON
Ardal
Gwlad	ENGLAND
Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad	516113, 427279
Hydred / Lledred	-0.23979135294526, 53.728742836285
Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol	TA161273

Pinnau

Approx location of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	redmist	Friday 15th of October 2021 10:54:17 AM
Approx location of recorded 2ndWW pillbox. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	redmist	Friday 15th of October 2021 10:53:23 AM
Approx location of recorded 2ndWW pillbox. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	redmist	Friday 15th of October 2021 10:51:42 AM
Approx location of a recorded 2ndWW searchlight battery operating site. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	redmist	Friday 15th of October 2021 10:50:29 AM
Approx location of a recorded Z Rocket Projector anti-aircraft battery. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	redmist	Friday 15th of October 2021 10:49:26 AM
Approx location of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	redmist	Friday 15th of October 2021 10:48:25 AM
Speedway track Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Graham Yaxley	Tuesday 20th of January 2015 05:58:47 PM
Interesting, such a short lived venture that few photos appear to exist. Unusually the circuit as opened (27 March 48)was "D" shaped rather than the conventional oval, with a 459 yard lap. This was altered for 1949, the straightening shortened the lap to 443 yards. Last meeting held 27 August. Adrodd fel Amhriodol	gBr	Friday 20th of November 2015 10:43:25 PM
Hull (Hedon) Aerodrome Adrodd fel Amhriodol	Graham Yaxley	Tuesday 20th of January 2015 05:58:04 PM

Cyfraniadau Grŵp

Flying at Hull (Hedon) Aerodrome goes back to before World War I. In 1916 the site was used as a night landing ground by 33 Squadron RFC, but there was little flying activity.

In 1929 The Hull Flying Club was established and Hull Municipal Airport was opened by Prince George on 10 October 1929. KLM operated a service to Amsterdam from May 1934.

Civil flying ceased on the outbreak of World War II, but the aerodrome was rejected by the RAF mainly because it was so close to the oil tanks at Salt End.

Post-war there was little interest in flying at Hedon and a speedway track was opened with the hangar being converted to a grandstand. The venture failed. A last attempt to bring aviation back to Hedon ended disastrously when the aircraft was damaged on landing from a demonstration flight.

Graham Yaxley

Tuesday 20th of January 2015 05:59:12 PM