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(Redirected from Meir, Stoke-on-Trent)
'Meir' is a suburb in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire situated between Lightwood and Longton.[1][2]
'Meir Aerodrome' closed in the early 1970s[3] and the site has now become the 'Meir Park' housing estate. The earlier parts have mainly aviation-associated street names. The last official flight was on 16 August1973 when Fred Holdcroft flew a Piper Tri-Pacer carrying a Sentinel journalist to Manchester.[4] The last unofficial flight "a year or two" later by Eric Clutton was in a home-made folding machine called FRED (Flying Runabout Experimental Design) which the pilot towed home behind his car.[5][6] The light planes used to be parked on the grass alongside the A50 road, opposite the Airport Garage, which remains.
★ Crescent Primary School
★ Longton High School
★ Meir Heath Primary School
★ Sandon High School
★ St Augustine's R.C. Primary School
★ Grange Primary School
Meir is situated along the A50. At the centre sits the crossroads with the A520. Once a notorious traffic jam site, a new tunnel was built which takes the A50 underneath. The twin tunnels are walled with ceramic panels which were reported to have cost about £1000 each when they began to come loose through rusting of their attachments after a few years.
Meir was served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on May 12, 1894.
★ Meir Park estate extends from Meir uphill to the Blythe Bridge village hall, which is actually located in Meir Heath.
★ The stationmaster from Meir railway station (long closed) used to be responsible for weighing the air passengers and their luggage.
★ The Airport garage hosted England's first "Drive Through" restaurant, which is now a Little Chef and no longer offers that facility.
★ The Fairey Fairlight aeroplane was assembled at a Rootes Group factory nearby during the Second World War.
★ More recently Russell Hobbs kettles were made at what is now the Italian-owned Indesit factory.
★ Staffordshire Potteries had a factory (now demolished) beside the aerodrome.
★ The late US President John F. Kennedy attended a political meeting at the (now demolished) Meir Broadway cinema when he was a serviceman during the war, as a guest of the then Member of Parliament.
★ Barlaston
★ Blythe Bridge
★ Lightwood
★ Longton
★ Trentham
1. A Meir Half Century. Photographs and news both church and secular from the years 1889 to 1939 covering the Meir and its near neighbours, , Nicholas Jon, Cartlidge, Churnet Valley Books, 1996, ISBN 1897949154
2. Meir Today, Gone Tomorrow. An affectionate portrait from within living memory, , Nicholas, Cartlidge, Churnet Valley Books, 2004, ISBN 1904546226
3. Airfield Focus 34: Stoke on Trent (Meir), , Roger, Lycett-Smith, GMS Enterprises, 1998, ISBN 1870384687
4. My father made last flight from Meir Geoff Holdcroft
5. FRED deserves flight accolade Nicholas Cartlidge
6. An Aeroplane called FRED, , Eric, Clutton, , ,
'Meir' is a suburb in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire situated between Lightwood and Longton.[1][2]
| Contents |
| Meir Aerodrome |
| Schools |
| Transport |
| Trivia |
| Nearest Places |
| References |
Meir Aerodrome
'Meir Aerodrome' closed in the early 1970s[3] and the site has now become the 'Meir Park' housing estate. The earlier parts have mainly aviation-associated street names. The last official flight was on 16 August1973 when Fred Holdcroft flew a Piper Tri-Pacer carrying a Sentinel journalist to Manchester.[4] The last unofficial flight "a year or two" later by Eric Clutton was in a home-made folding machine called FRED (Flying Runabout Experimental Design) which the pilot towed home behind his car.[5][6] The light planes used to be parked on the grass alongside the A50 road, opposite the Airport Garage, which remains.
Schools
★ Crescent Primary School
★ Longton High School
★ Meir Heath Primary School
★ Sandon High School
★ St Augustine's R.C. Primary School
★ Grange Primary School
Transport
Meir is situated along the A50. At the centre sits the crossroads with the A520. Once a notorious traffic jam site, a new tunnel was built which takes the A50 underneath. The twin tunnels are walled with ceramic panels which were reported to have cost about £1000 each when they began to come loose through rusting of their attachments after a few years.
Meir was served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on May 12, 1894.
Trivia
★ Meir Park estate extends from Meir uphill to the Blythe Bridge village hall, which is actually located in Meir Heath.
★ The stationmaster from Meir railway station (long closed) used to be responsible for weighing the air passengers and their luggage.
★ The Airport garage hosted England's first "Drive Through" restaurant, which is now a Little Chef and no longer offers that facility.
★ The Fairey Fairlight aeroplane was assembled at a Rootes Group factory nearby during the Second World War.
★ More recently Russell Hobbs kettles were made at what is now the Italian-owned Indesit factory.
★ Staffordshire Potteries had a factory (now demolished) beside the aerodrome.
★ The late US President John F. Kennedy attended a political meeting at the (now demolished) Meir Broadway cinema when he was a serviceman during the war, as a guest of the then Member of Parliament.
Nearest Places
★ Barlaston
★ Blythe Bridge
★ Lightwood
★ Longton
★ Trentham
References
1. A Meir Half Century. Photographs and news both church and secular from the years 1889 to 1939 covering the Meir and its near neighbours, , Nicholas Jon, Cartlidge, Churnet Valley Books, 1996, ISBN 1897949154
2. Meir Today, Gone Tomorrow. An affectionate portrait from within living memory, , Nicholas, Cartlidge, Churnet Valley Books, 2004, ISBN 1904546226
3. Airfield Focus 34: Stoke on Trent (Meir), , Roger, Lycett-Smith, GMS Enterprises, 1998, ISBN 1870384687
4. My father made last flight from Meir Geoff Holdcroft
5. FRED deserves flight accolade Nicholas Cartlidge
6. An Aeroplane called FRED, , Eric, Clutton, , ,
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