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Southend On Sea, The Airport c.1955
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Memories of Southend-on-Sea, the Airport c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Southend On Sea, The Airport c.1955

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The Carvair, Southend Airport
My dad worked for Aviation Traders at Southend Airport. He brought the Carvairs from Stansted where they were built in pieces via a transporter called 'The Queen Mary'. They were assembled at Southend and were the brainchild of Freddie Laker and the forerunner to the Jumbo Jet! They had the huge round front, which opened like a door to allow freight and cars to be loaded! I flew out on one of ...see more
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Airport 1950s
My father was a steward on the planes. Usually Daks Viscounts and Vikings. He flew with Crewsair, Channel Airways (I think) and BKS. He worked for Freddie Laker finally on admin. The names I remember are Keegan and Freddie Fox. Have still got his flying log. They travelled a lot back then. Even to Africa, Dubai etc.
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Airport Characters
Does anyone remember Clive and Terry Wren ladi marmol(ads aerial), the great Freddy Laker, Jack Jones. Mike Abbot to name a very few? We had some great times then, flying was fun and a lot less restricted than it is now.
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