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Trivia: Hook Underpass (Ace of Spades)
"Stuart" wrote in message
Troy Steadman wrote: It isn't a tunnel, it's a roundabout on top of the A3 in a cutting, nowadays a very ordinary intersection but in it's time quite something. As was the "Ace of Spades" roadhouse on the old roundabout which had not only a swimming pool but also an airfield. An airfield!? Where was that then? Farmer Brooms fields behind Kelvin Grove (just across the A3)? There is a picture in HRA of a 5/- a flight bi-plane in the 1930's. Don't suppose the pub owned the airfield but it was certainly very close to it, and a picture in the Cap in Hand makes the connection. Douglas Bader used the Ace but *didn't* fly to it AFAIK. -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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