West Farm
WEST FARM: Temporary aerodrome (Aka EAST BOLDON)
WEST FARM was the venue for Sir Alan Cobham's National Aviation Day No.2 Tour on the 28th July 1935.
Location: In and just NW of East Boldon village on the A184, in a field possibly either side of the B1298, and about 4nm NW to NNW of Sunderland town centre
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
Local map
Newspaper advert
Local area map c.1961
Note: The second item was published in the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette on the 25th July 1935.
Google Earth © view
Newspaper advert
Area view
Note: This fifth item, another advert, was also published in the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, but a day later on the 26th July 1935. The sixth item, the area view, is from my Google Earth © derived database.
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