Blackpool International for Lancashire and the Lake District

1930-1939-1949

  • Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald opens an aerodrome at a new site Stanley Park in 1931 at a cost of £39,000
  • Operators include the British Amphibious Air Company running trips to the Isle of Man for 36 shillings (£1.80)
  • By 1933 rival operators start flying again from Squires Gate including Imperial Airways
  • War breaks out in 1939 and Squires Gate and Stanley Park airfields are used by the RAF
  • 1941-45 the Vickers Company build 3,842 Wellington Bombers at Squires Gate