Times Subject to Tides: The Story of Barra Airport - Roy Calderwood
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 Times Subject to Tides: The Story of Barra Airport - Roy Calderwood
Newest Review: ... summer an absolute blaze of colour. In winter the snow falls and we have landed on a snow carpeted rug of twinkling white. ... more  ... This introduction to the world of Barra begins and ends with this scenic landing which has had a very chequered past.
The air service is more than a tourist attraction it is a life-line transporting the sick and the pregnant to hospitals in Glasgow.
The book documents the air service from it's beginnings in 1936 when land transport on the island was mostly by horse and cart. The fare then was £4 to Glasgow return. During the war the service was suspended. The chequered history of this air service included a crash i...more |
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Pages: 112, Paperback, Kea Publishing Last Update 24.11.2009 05:46
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Times Subject to Tides: The Story of Barra Airport - Roy Calderwood: Coming Into Land- Mind That Cockler. (867 words)
by - written on 21/04/09 (Very useful, 82 readings)
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"Times Subject to Tides" is the remarkable story of Barra Airport. For those of you not familiar with the location The Isle of Barra lies in The Outer Hebrides, and is home to just over 1000 people. They are isolated, depending on a ferry service from Oban on the Scottish mainland, which takes over 5 hours, or a small twin otter aircraft which runs daily to Glasgow, with the exception of Sundays. It is this air service which forms the basis of the material in this book, which is rather special as the runway is actually the beach. The author Roy Calderwood is passionate about islands and about airports, and has a fascination for the history ... Read the complete review
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