tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post2498221952186919014..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Glamorous Croydon AirportCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-41366328592025257382013-02-06T13:07:47.977+00:002013-02-06T13:07:47.977+00:00Great article, I strongly recommend going along to...Great article, I strongly recommend going along to an open day there (the Visitor Centre is open on the first Sunday of every month). Here are <a href="http://www.enjoytheview.eu/features/london-places-and-events/event-photos/open-house-london/?city=croydon" rel="nofollow">some pictures of Croydon airport</a> that I took back in 2011.Paul Vincenthttp://www.enjoytheview.eu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-25251467541946873902013-01-22T20:07:08.839+00:002013-01-22T20:07:08.839+00:00It's true that things have not got more comfor...It's true that things have not got more comfortable - but we don't have the same contrast between waiting area and flight now! (Especially as most of my recent flights have been on Ryanair.)CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-5343715758688168422013-01-18T12:51:15.739+00:002013-01-18T12:51:15.739+00:00A documentary on glamour days of civil aviation sh...A documentary on glamour days of civil aviation shown on BBC 4, stated that from arriving at the airport to boarding the plane and taking off could be done in less than 30 minutes, hardly time to sit on the wooden benches. If only that were true today! One difference is that airlines no longer have to way the passengers as well as the luggage to ensure the plane was correctly loaded. Mind you if the obesity epidemic gets worse it will not be long before Ryan Air starts charging passengers by weight.Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-55806507465403205672013-01-18T11:54:41.365+00:002013-01-18T11:54:41.365+00:00Thanks for a nice little article on Croydon airpor...Thanks for a nice little article on Croydon airport. I knew of it but had never been directly acquainted with it.<br /><br />It is quite startling sometimes to compare how things were done "then" and how facilities that we regard as essential "now" may have been missing in the past.<br /><br />As a matter of fact, though, I have even in recent years found myself waiting for hours at airports seated, not on wooden benches, perhaps, but on their plastic equivalent. Sometimes, things haven't changed as much as we think they have...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com