Liverpool Airport (Speke) ; official handbook : City of Liverpool Corporation : Littlebury Bros., Liverpool : 1937 : cover

            In 1937 Liverpool Corporation, who owned and managed the airport at Speke, issued an official handbook that was published on their behalf by local publishers Littlebury Bros.; this was the concern that printed many of the Council's publishing such as transport guides. In 1928 the Council determined that the city required an airport and so purchased the Speke Estate to the east of the city on the banks of the River Mersey. In 1932 an airport manager was appointed and existing buildings adapted; for example the old farmhouse became the 'station and control room'. By 1937 the first stage of the new Control Tower and associated terminal buildings were well underway and are seen in this handbook. The rest of the Speke Estate was earmarked for both municipal social housing and an industrial estate.

The first commercial flights to use Speke were Imperial Airways services to Croydon, commencing in 1930, along with Blackpool and West Coast Air Services flights to Blackpool. By 1934 other airlines were using Speke including Railway Air Services and KLM, the latter service Amsterdam via Doncaster. In 1936 the first Squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force (County of Lancaster Bomber Squadron 611) set up shop at Speke. The following year the Council leased part of the Estate to the Air Ministry for the construction of a 'shadow factory' as part of the rearmament drive and in war years this was used by Rootes to construct aircraft. During the Second World War the airport was requisitioned by the RAF and despite civilian flights resuming in 1945 the airport remained in Ministry hands until 1961 when Liverpool City Council regained control. Later developments saw the airport, now the John Lennon International Airport, continue to develop.

The Handbook contains information as to the airport, it's infrastructure and services and includes maps and plans as well as adverts for both airlines and concerns associated with air travel and flight. The cover is suitably 'moderne' in style, selling the idea of the new way to travel.

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