Wow, got quite emotional watching this. I remember as a 12 year old being allowed to ride my bike to Meir Aerodrome with a group of friends which would have been around 1972. Thank you so much for another wonderful video.
used to go wondering on the airdrome about 48 years ago , still remember the smell of the disused bunker on there. mum worked at staff pots Happy days....
I'm a bit young to remember it as an Aerodrome, but we still called it the Aerodrome in the late 70s/80s, when we used to play youth football on it. We used the garage behind the Saracen's Head pub to get changed.
My old man used to ride motorbikes on the aerodrome site in the 70s! And ive defo never noticed the windvein on top of tesco before. Another mega video 👍
Great vid. Thankyou. My mum used to tell us she put windscreens in Bristol Beaufighters and Mosquitos but I didnt realise it would of been in the old Creda factory. Very interesting, thankyou for sharing your findings.👍
As someone who is into flight simulation and aviation , it is amazing the photos you have, I always knew we had an airport, but not exactly where it was, thanks for this ❤ Awesome video ❤
Municipal airports were quite common in the inter-war period. Walsall had a site near Aldridge, and Wolverhampton at Bobington; this is still in use. An excellent video on Meir
Thanks Jenna. I live literally, a stone's throw from the old factory. Nice to see more info about the area. It was Creda when I was a lad, making washing machines and cookers. Also, where Tesco is, used to be Staffs Pots, and my father-in-law worked there when he was 16. He used to cycle there and back from Kingsley Holt, every day. I wouldn't want to do that!! We don't know we're born today. 🤣
Super video. Remember the aerodrome well as my brother worked at Harrison-Mayer on the estate. Shame there is nothing really to show of the remnants. Really enjoyed this one
I remember the orange windsock that flew at the edge of grindley lane and watchng the gliders go up from my bedroom window. I dont think Rootes made cars at Meir, the factory was built specifically for the war effort and passed to Simplex Electric at the end of the war
I never knew this 😮had absolutely no idea. Oh wow, it’s crazy to think we had this, like everything they built houses on it , I know there’s always a need for homes but it’s such a shame when they build in some places that once had all this history to it. I have noticed the plane on Tesco to be honest and always thought it very random 😂 now I know why. Thank you so much for this, I absolutely love history as I’ve gotten older, this was fantastic. I don’t know anybody that’s ever mentioned about this before either. I absolutely loved this. ❤
As an ex pilot I love this even though I never knew it existed. Seems to me Stoke on Trent council haven’t changed since not realising potential in local things 😂😂 keep up your amazing vids
To think back in the mid 1920s ,the government at the time approached S-O-T Council with an idea to create an airport there to be the main English airport for the future . They like many councils we have had since found it hard to think 'out of the box' and so the government were turned down and started looking elsewhere . They did find some land and a company owned by Richard fairey(if i remember right) was employed to build an airport .it was small (very small ) however as time pasted flying became more popular . That small airport grow quickly and we now call it heathrow airport! (true nothing made up or Glorified just fact). Anyway think what may have been , what would a massive airport do for the city? Some may say the sound would Out weight the benefits ,may be ,who can tell.. But should we (Stoke On Trent ) have been given the same chance other massive cities of today have?? With airports placed around the country and give the impact they are said to have on the environment it is very unlikely we or any of our Descendants will ever get the chance to know ...
Wow, got quite emotional watching this. I remember as a 12 year old being allowed to ride my bike to Meir Aerodrome with a group of friends which would have been around 1972. Thank you so much for another wonderful video.
used to go wondering on the airdrome about 48 years ago , still remember the smell of the disused bunker on there. mum worked at staff pots Happy days....
I'm a bit young to remember it as an Aerodrome, but we still called it the Aerodrome in the late 70s/80s, when we used to play youth football on it. We used the garage behind the Saracen's Head pub to get changed.
My old man used to ride motorbikes on the aerodrome site in the 70s! And ive defo never noticed the windvein on top of tesco before.
Another mega video 👍
Great vid. Thankyou.
My mum used to tell us she put windscreens in Bristol Beaufighters and Mosquitos but I didnt realise it would of been in the old Creda factory.
Very interesting, thankyou for sharing your findings.👍
Great video, something i never knew, i will have to ask my grandparents.
As someone who is into flight simulation and aviation , it is amazing the photos you have, I always knew we had an airport, but not exactly where it was, thanks for this ❤ Awesome video ❤
Municipal airports were quite common in the inter-war period. Walsall had a site near Aldridge, and Wolverhampton at Bobington; this is still in use. An excellent video on Meir
Brilliant! Thank you.
Really interesting. Thank you
Thank-you for sharing this video, so interesting.
I was visiting the area and noticed the streets on the estate were named after aircraft. Another great video. Thank you for filling in the blanks. 👍
Thanks for watching!
@TheRedHairedStokie you are so informative when it comes to Stokes very interesting past. So no thank you.👍
Excellent !
Brilliant insight into this, thank you for making this video ❤
Knew a lot about Stoke but i didnt know this, thanks duck!
Omg we had an airport ! ❤
We certainly did! Crazy isn't it!?
I did not know this!
I did,i have a article on a tyre company,centuritos or sommit like that testing tyres on a mk 2 jaguar there in the earky 1960s.great article.
@@TheRedHairedStokie really is. Love your videos and how you break down the history of the area.
@@williammayer7199bigups Billy 🫡💪
Great video
Thanks Jenna. I live literally, a stone's throw from the old factory. Nice to see more info about the area. It was Creda when I was a lad, making washing machines and cookers. Also, where Tesco is, used to be Staffs Pots, and my father-in-law worked there when he was 16. He used to cycle there and back from Kingsley Holt, every day. I wouldn't want to do that!! We don't know we're born today. 🤣
My parents moved to meir park in 1978 and I remember playing on the fields and then working at staffs pots before it all got redeveloped in the 2000s
Interesting stuff, I'd never heard of that before
Thanks
Super video. Remember the aerodrome well as my brother worked at Harrison-Mayer on the estate. Shame there is nothing really to show of the remnants. Really enjoyed this one
I once went to fix a ball mill at Harrison Mayer
Thats very interesting thanks 👍
I remember the orange windsock that flew at the edge of grindley lane and watchng the gliders go up from my bedroom window. I dont think Rootes made cars at Meir, the factory was built specifically for the war effort and passed to Simplex Electric at the end of the war
seems like some things never change when it comes to our local councils
I seem to remember that the (now) BP Garage, used to be locally known as "Airport". Not sure if that's right.
Yes Airport Service Station
I never knew this 😮had absolutely no idea. Oh wow, it’s crazy to think we had this, like everything they built houses on it , I know there’s always a need for homes but it’s such a shame when they build in some places that once had all this history to it. I have noticed the plane on Tesco to be honest and always thought it very random 😂 now I know why. Thank you so much for this, I absolutely love history as I’ve gotten older, this was fantastic. I don’t know anybody that’s ever mentioned about this before either. I absolutely loved this. ❤
As an ex pilot I love this even though I never knew it existed. Seems to me Stoke on Trent council haven’t changed since not realising potential in local things 😂😂 keep up your amazing vids
To think back in the mid 1920s ,the government at the time approached S-O-T Council with an idea to create an airport there to be the main English airport for the future . They like many councils we have had since found it hard to think 'out of the box' and so the government were turned down and started looking elsewhere . They did find some land and a company owned by Richard fairey(if i remember right) was employed to build an airport .it was small (very small ) however as time pasted flying became more popular . That small airport grow quickly and we now call it heathrow airport! (true nothing made up or Glorified just fact). Anyway think what may have been , what would a massive airport do for the city? Some may say the sound would Out weight the benefits ,may be ,who can tell.. But should we (Stoke On Trent ) have been given the same chance other massive cities of today have?? With airports placed around the country and give the impact they are said to have on the environment it is very unlikely we or any of our Descendants will ever get the chance to know ...