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Culture/Heritage
Blackpool Airport, Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool
Mike Fenton, whose father served in No.4 R.A.F. Beach Squadron, hosts an informative talk on how the R.A.F. Combined Operations units, that started landing with the first wave of troops on the Beaches helped establish the 2nd Tactical Airforce in…
Culture/Heritage
Blackpool Airport, Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool
In the lead up to outbreak of WW2 in 1939 there was a massive expansion of Lancashire's Military facilities and infrastructure. These included new Airfields, such as RAF Squires Gate and Stanley Park, alongside new Barracks, training facilities,…
Festival
St Annes
The 2026 St Anne’s Kite Festival will take place in September.
Culture/Heritage
Blackpool Airport, Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool
The Brits had never seen Americans in real life, only on the Cinema screen. Suddenly they were in our Towns and Villages. 12,000 serving at (Base Air Depot 2, Warton for example) The yanks came with smart uniforms and lots of money to spend. Number…
Experience Days
Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool
These sessions will offer five different subjects and locations, both within the WW2 hangar and outside on the airfield (subject to weather).
Experience Days
Blackpool Airport, Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool
Each month the Visitor Centre host the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar for a weekend of two seat Spitfire flights.
Culture/Heritage
Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool
Shelia is a former history teacher and historian and this thought provoking talk has been researched from personal accounts, footage and written text.
War Stories focusses on events in the Second World War, where Shelia uses photographs, music and…
Experience Days
Blackpool Airport, Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool
Take to the skies above Blackpool on this D-Day Weekend.