Ammanford
AMMANFORD: Temporary aerodrome
(Aka GARNSWLLT, YNYSTAWELOG FARM. Alternative spelling = YNYS-TOWLOG FARM)
NOTES: On the 7th September 1933 Sir Alan Cobham’s No.2 Tour displayed in/near Ammanford.
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for looking into this little known venue, and providing the following items.
The advert was placed in the South Wales Daily Post on the 5th September 1933.
In those days South Wales was heavily industrialised and therefore relatively prosperous for many. Therefore most of the 'Flying Circus' operators in the 1930s, (during the 'Great Depression'), decided that visits to this region could well be profitable. It does not seem to be generally acknowledged that a major economic depression has a much lesser impact on the middle classes, and indeed, for major industrialists it can be very good news.
Mainly because historically such conditions led up to a major war, and of course, there is nothing better for them. Major wars do not happen overnight, they require years of preparation, especially for providing the hardware needed. This of course eventually leading to the working classes being, to some extent at least, much better off for a short while. Until the killing starts, when huge numbers of working class people are required to bolster the fighting forces. Which, again historically, the majority of younger people seemed very keen to sign up to. Being mostly decidedly patriotic.
The local area and area views are both from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: The Sir Alan Cobham's National Aviation Day No.2 Tour, commenced at HOLT FARM, near Southend-on-Sea, on the 14th and 15th of April. 161 venues were planned to be visited and AMMANFORD was the 131st venue. Incredibly it seems to me, given our typical weather, (which basically hasn't changed at all in the last two hundred or more years), most venues were attended on time! The No.2 Tour ended at MAYLANDS, in Essex, on the 8th October.
Regarding the global climate, no doubt average temperatures have risen. Hardly surprising as we have had 11,000 years notice of this trend since the last 'Ice Age'. But, one advantage of living on a green and septic isle, anchored in the Atlantic ocean off the west coast of Europe, is that, if anything, we may well get, very often, cooler and wetter weather spread over several decades. Providing of course that that prevailing winds come from the west.
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