Top O The Moor Farm
TOP O’ THE MOOR FARM: Temporary aerodrome?
Operated by: Sir Alan Cobham’s 1933 No.2 Tour, his 1934 Tour and 1935 Tour of the UK
Location: Just E of the B6232, just N of the B6231, just SE of Blackburn town centre
Period of operation: On the 6th and 7th August 1933. Probably on the 26th July 1934 and certainly 25th April 1935
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The newspaper article was published in the Lancashire Evening Post on the 5th August 1933.
Note: The area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: Was Top o’the Moor Farm the venue in 1934 when displaying in/near Blackburn? It seems highly likely as this was the venue in 1933 and 1935.
In 1933, having returned from a winter tour in South Africa, Cobham organised two tours, both starting on the 14th April. The No.2 Tour commenced at HOLT FARM, Southend and terminated at MAYLANDS aerodrome, ROMFORD on the 8th October. 161 venues had been planned for the No.2 Tour. This location being the 103rd venue.
The 1934 Tour was a single tour affair starting at CENTRAL PARK, Dagenham, again on the 14th April, and also ending at MAYLANDS aerodrome but on the 30th September. This location at Blackburn being the 98th venue out of 159 planned to be visited.
The 1935 Tour was organised in a different manner. Starting as a single tour at TITCHFIELD ROAD, Fareham in Hampshire on the 12th April, 72 venues were planned before is was split into two tours on the 1st July. In this case Blackburn was the 13th venue. The subsequent No.1 Tour was planned to visit 88 venues and the No.2 Tour aimed to visit 84 venues, giving a total of 244 venues scheduled to be visited.
Incredibly, seen from our perspective today, it does appear that most of these venues were displayed at - on time! A remarkable achievement given the vagaries of typical British weather, let alone other operational problems arising.
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