Swarcliffe Farm
SWARCLIFFE FARM: Temporary aerodrome
Operated by: Sky Devils Air Pageant
Location: Near and just E of Seacroft, E of the A64 and roughly 4.5nm NE of Leeds city centre
Period of operation: 20th May 1934
NOTES: We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for discovering and researching this location. One that I had no knowledge of despite having found records for around 1500 'Flying Circus' venues in the inter-war period, 1919 to 1937.
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The third item, a newspaper article, was published in the Leeds Mercury on the 18th May 1934.
Note: The two part newspaper article, divided into two parts to make it easier tp read, was published in the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette on the 21st May 1934. The local area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: If anybody can kindly offer advice and more information, this will be most welcome.
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