Redmires racecourse
REDMIRES RACECOURSE: Temporary aerodrome
Operated by: Messrs Hall, Manton and Slack
Location: Lodge Moor, about 4.5nm WSW of Sheffield city centre
Period of operation: As far as is known to date (2023) the summer to autumn of 1912, and the summer to autumn 1914. Even then it appears, only operated as a venue for specific events
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for both delving into the archives and producing the maps etc.
Note: The notice in a newspaper was published in the Sheffield Evening Telegraph on the 8th August 1912. This was a period when powered fixed-wing aeroplanes were really capturing the public imagination, and the top aviators giving 'exhibitions of flying' around the country were féted as being, what we would describe today as 'super-stars'. The photos were published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph on the 19th November 1912.
Note: The photo above was published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph on the 19th November 1912. The aviator Mr Hall is in the centre and his manager on the right. The newspaper article was also published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, but on the 6th August 1912.
Note: This article in four parts to make it easier to read, was also published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, and in this case on the 23rd November 1912.
GOING APE
The first photos were published in the Daily Mirror on the 25th November 1912. The magazine article was published in The Aeroplane on the 28th November.
The photo with an extended caption was published in The Sketch on the 27th November. Clearly this had huge novelty value in those days, which I suppose goes to show that over the years, we in the west at least, have learnt to show respect and understanding of the animal kingdom. At any rate, some of us have.
Note: The short article above was published in the Nottingham Journal on the 23rd November 1912. The newspaper article was published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph on the 26th November 1912.
FORWARD TO 1914 +
This first advert appeared in the Sheffield Independent on the 30th May 1914. The Google Street View picture is of the The Three Merry Lads pub which appears on the 1890 map shown above. The photos above were published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph on the 3rd June 1914. The newspaper article was published in the Sheffield Independent, also on the 3rd June.
The Google Street View is of The Sportsman pub, which also appears on the map from 1890. The advert was published in the Sheffield Independent on the 2nd July 1914. The newspaper article is of some interest too, published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph on the 26th March 1919. The local area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: It would be interesting to know what happened to John Lawrence Hall during 'The Great War'. No information appears to be readily available. I have no idea how many, but quite a number of those early aviators joined up to serve in the Royal Flying Corps, and not so many survived if they were involved in active service. Plus of course, instructing had its own perils.
I will always maintain that it is rather disgraceful that a major national memorial has not been erected, (unless I am very much mistaken?), to all the airmen who died in training for military duties to date. Overall statistics seem hard to come by, but it does appear that those who died in training amount to a figure that is worryingly close to all those who have died in combat. Of particular note are the figures for WW1 where it appears that around 8,000 airmen died in training, air accidents and mechanical failure, compared to, (latest figures), 5,148 in combat.
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