Trebelzue
TREBELZUE: Civil Landing Ground (Aka NEWQUAY) The alternative spelling was TREBELSUE FARM
Operated by: Mr D R Cardell, Trebelzue Farm, St Columb Minor
British airline users: Provincial Airways, Western Airways
Location: Big Field, Trebelzue, Newquay now absorbed by St MAWGAN and situated W of the south end of the disused 08/26 runway. “3.25m NE of town, E of B3276”
Period of operation: 1930s to WW2 only?
Runway(s): Max landing run: 659 grass
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Note: The third item, the newspaper notice of the Sir Alan Cobham's National Aviation Day 1933 No.1 Tour itinerary in this region, was published in the Cornish Guardian on the 24th August 1933.
Note: The local area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: Listed in the 1930s ‘A.A. Register of Landing Grounds’. One of seventy-four A.A. (Automobile Association) approved Landing Grounds in the 1930s spread across mainland Britain. Fuel and transport (typically a taxi service) was available from Hawkey & Bowden on the Henver Road and a telephone was available at Trebelzue Farm. It needs to be remembered that even by the 1930s very few family homes had a telephone installed.
Three hotels were listed; The Rosemere Hotel, Watergate Bay Hotel and the Atlantic Hotel, all three of which were still in business in 2013. In producing this Guide I often look up to see how many of the A.A. approved hotels of the 1930s are still in business and have found remarkably few that cannot be traced. Some of course have been renamed when a huge hotel chain concern took over. This compares sharply with the providers of fuel and transport the majority of whom have long disappeared or have been taken over, renamed etc, etc. It appears that Hawkey & Bowden at Whitegate, Newquay, survived until the late 1970s?
The main reason for adding some of these details is simply because, having toured in a light aircraft around much of the UK and quite a bit of Europe, having a fuel supply, a taxi service and accommodation are normally essential after landing for a night stop. Some hardy souls opt for a tent by the aircraft but having tried this once – never again! Plus, by doing so you do miss out on so much local culture and ‘colour’.
NOW PART OF St MAWGAN
It appears this Landing Ground is now part of the St MAWGAN aerodrome/airport ‘total’ area. In the late 1930s Western Airways were operating a service to NEWQUAY, but did they land here? It would appear they did but confirmation would be appreciated.
A FLYING CIRCUS VENUE
1933: It seems certain that displays were given here by Sir Alan Cobham’s 1933 No.1 Tour (27th & 28th August 1933).
1934: Used again by Cobham’s 1934 Tour (2nd August 1934).
1935: And used once more by Cobham’s 1935 No.1 Tour (25th August 1935).
The name of TREBELZUE continued well into WW2 before being renamed St MAWGAN in February 1943. Initially it was a satellite for St EVAL.
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