Gallaton Farm
GALLATON FARM: Private airfield
Operated by: Mr W A Hadden
Location: Near and probably just W of the A92, roughly 2nm S of Stonehaven town centre
Period of operation: Not known, probably 1920 to 1921?
A SHORT MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for both discovering this little known location, and providing the following items.
This article in two parts, was published in the Montrose Standard on the 12th November 1920.
The local area and area views are from my Google Earth© derived database:
NOTES: After WW1 the Avro company faced a very uncertain future following the cancellation of orders for their very successful Avro 504 seies. The only viable option appeared to be entering into the then lucrative joy-riding business, which they did with considerable enthusiasm, both as an operator but also converting considerable numbers of mainly the 504K and 504N types to carry two passengers. Not only for their own use, but for sale to other operaters entering the market.
These conversions were made at both their Manchester factory and their factory at HAMBLE in Hampshire. Those conversions formed the 'back-bone' of joy-riding concerns up to WW2.
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