Rolleston Race Course
ROLLESTON RACE COURSE: Temporary aerodrome (Aka ROLLESTON RACECOURSE AERODROME)
Event: Rolleston Aviation Meeting
Location: Just W to NW of Rolleston village, about 4nm W of Newark town centre
Period of operation: 13th to 17th May 1913
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for both finding and then investigating this event. To date (Dec 2023) no evidence appears to exist of this location being used for subsequent aviation activities. It was clearly quite a major event at the time given the press coverage. And, the racecourse is still being used today, albiet with a much reduced 'circuit' as that used in 1913.
The advert was published in the Newark Advertiser on the 7th May 1913. Article One was published in the Lincolnshire Echo on the 9th May 1913.
The Notice One was published in the Newark Advertiser on the 14th May 1913. Notice Two was published in the Lincolnshire Echo on the 16th May.
Both are identical and published when the event was taking place.
Article Two, in two parts, was published in the Nottingham Evening Post on the 16th May 1913.
Article Three, in four parts, was published in the Newark Advertiser on the 21st May 1913.
Article Four was published in the Grantham Journal on the 24th May 1913. The area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE EVENT
Mike Holder had been in touch with Colin Savill, the curator at Newark Air Museum, and he kindly sent this account he had made.
NOTES: I will happily admit (in Dec 2023) that when I first started the research for this project some twenty five years ago, I had absolutely no idea just how much flying activity had been taking place prior to WW1. As time goes on my flabber is ghasted in ever increasing amounts. It really is astonishing! Hopefully this 'Guide' is providing the evidence in fairly copious quantities, but, one thing is for certain, there is more to come.
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