80s Airport nostalgia
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Found a great album of photos from Manchester in the eighties, thought some of you might like flick through.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplu...
And a video some lads from my school did from a project around the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZqYBRgj4dk
https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplu...
And a video some lads from my school did from a project around the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZqYBRgj4dk
BIA merged with Air Anglia (and a few smaller commuter airlines) in 1980 to form Air UK. KLM later bought a majority shareholding in Air UK and changed the name to KLM UK. So no, Air UK didn't go bust but it did cease to exist.
One part of Air UK had already been hived off as a charter airline called Air UK Leisure.
Air UK Leisure disappeared when it was taken over by First Choice.
It's all quite complicated.
One part of Air UK had already been hived off as a charter airline called Air UK Leisure.
Air UK Leisure disappeared when it was taken over by First Choice.
It's all quite complicated.
Eric Mc said:
BIA merged with Air Anglia (and a few smaller commuter airlines) in 1980 to form Air UK. KLM later bought a majority shareholding in Air UK and changed the name to KLM UK.
One part of Air UK had already been hived off as a charter airline called Air UK Leisure.
Sure but none of them went bust.One part of Air UK had already been hived off as a charter airline called Air UK Leisure.
Air U.K. leisure became part of first choice which is now part of Tui.
Air U.K. were bought by KLM then became KLMuk then buzz then Ryanair bought it up.
Eric Mc said:
Well - they didn't actually. They were merged into what became Air UK. Of course, many years later Air UK did themselves go bust.
El stovey said:
Eric Mc said:
BIA merged with Air Anglia (and a few smaller commuter airlines) in 1980 to form Air UK. KLM later bought a majority shareholding in Air UK and changed the name to KLM UK.
One part of Air UK had already been hived off as a charter airline called Air UK Leisure.
Sure but none of them went bust.One part of Air UK had already been hived off as a charter airline called Air UK Leisure.
Air U.K. leisure became part of first choice which is now part of Tui.
Air U.K. were bought by KLM then became KLMuk then buzz then Ryanair bought it up.
Eric Mc said:
Well - they didn't actually. They were merged into what became Air UK. Of course, many years later Air UK did themselves go bust.
they told me they were going bust, made me and most of the staff redundant. I didn't mind, i started with IBM a week later. They were a fun outfit to work for (bia) lots of mishaps and odd people - noted dog shooter, Andrew Newton for one.
Two incidents while I was there, none fatal. One landed at jersey rather too fast and collided with a Volvo just outside the airport (allegedly), and the second was tucking the landing gear away before completing take off at Gatwick.
eldar said:
El stovey said:
Eric Mc said:
BIA merged with Air Anglia (and a few smaller commuter airlines) in 1980 to form Air UK. KLM later bought a majority shareholding in Air UK and changed the name to KLM UK.
One part of Air UK had already been hived off as a charter airline called Air UK Leisure.
Sure but none of them went bust.One part of Air UK had already been hived off as a charter airline called Air UK Leisure.
Air U.K. leisure became part of first choice which is now part of Tui.
Air U.K. were bought by KLM then became KLMuk then buzz then Ryanair bought it up.
Eric Mc said:
Well - they didn't actually. They were merged into what became Air UK. Of course, many years later Air UK did themselves go bust.
they told me they were going bust, made me and most of the staff redundant. I didn't mind, i started with IBM a week later. They were a fun outfit to work for (bia) lots of mishaps and odd people - noted dog shooter, Andrew Newton for one.
Two incidents while I was there, none fatal. One landed at jersey rather too fast and collided with a Volvo just outside the airport (allegedly), and the second was tucking the landing gear away before completing take off at Gatwick.
eldar said:
Interesting they told me they were going bust, made me and most of the staff redundant. I didn't mind, i started with IBM a week later.
They were a fun outfit to work for (bia) lots of mishaps and odd people - noted dog shooter, Andrew Newton for one.
Two incidents while I was there, none fatal. One landed at jersey rather too fast and collided with a Volvo just outside the airport (allegedly), and the second was tucking the landing gear away before completing take off at Gatwick.
Companies often end up being bought out or taken over because they are in a weak financial situation. This stops them from actually "going bust". they told me they were going bust, made me and most of the staff redundant. I didn't mind, i started with IBM a week later. They were a fun outfit to work for (bia) lots of mishaps and odd people - noted dog shooter, Andrew Newton for one.
Two incidents while I was there, none fatal. One landed at jersey rather too fast and collided with a Volvo just outside the airport (allegedly), and the second was tucking the landing gear away before completing take off at Gatwick.
Dan Air and British Caledonian were bought out by British Airways because they were both on the verge of collapse.
I worked on this bar,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplu...
As well as the cafe,
We had a load of bikers in and, initially they were fine, but they stood there necking beers and got quite lairy and unpleasant, lad I was working with was not to be trifled with, he had a bit of a stutter and they were taking the piss out of that and they took the piss out of my ears.
Anyway, their flight wasn't due for a bit so he asked me to pull a couple more of what they had been having before they asked, they were getting hammered and kept shouting "I feel the need, the need for speed". The lad took the pints and walked into the back and placed them on the bar, the inevitable request for another five or six (cant remember the exact number) but I did a few more to make up the total and my colleague served them very deliberately making sure the ringleaders got the ones that he had spirited into the back.
I waited until a convenient moment and asked what the had added, he said nothing had been added but he had washed his knob in them
Another time, on the café, had a group of lads who decided to make my life a misery, folk have a habit of turning up waaay to early and having round drinking for ages, one of them was really quite nasty. I spotted one of the airport coppers I had on occasion chatted with (some nights were very quiet) so wandered over and engaged him in conversation, didn't mention my new friends but on another subject I made a point of looking like I was talkign about them and pointed in their direction which they spotted and looked rather worried as it was getting near flight time so there were a few still quite full pint glasses and they had a sudden urge to check out the shops....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplu...
As well as the cafe,
We had a load of bikers in and, initially they were fine, but they stood there necking beers and got quite lairy and unpleasant, lad I was working with was not to be trifled with, he had a bit of a stutter and they were taking the piss out of that and they took the piss out of my ears.
Anyway, their flight wasn't due for a bit so he asked me to pull a couple more of what they had been having before they asked, they were getting hammered and kept shouting "I feel the need, the need for speed". The lad took the pints and walked into the back and placed them on the bar, the inevitable request for another five or six (cant remember the exact number) but I did a few more to make up the total and my colleague served them very deliberately making sure the ringleaders got the ones that he had spirited into the back.
I waited until a convenient moment and asked what the had added, he said nothing had been added but he had washed his knob in them
Another time, on the café, had a group of lads who decided to make my life a misery, folk have a habit of turning up waaay to early and having round drinking for ages, one of them was really quite nasty. I spotted one of the airport coppers I had on occasion chatted with (some nights were very quiet) so wandered over and engaged him in conversation, didn't mention my new friends but on another subject I made a point of looking like I was talkign about them and pointed in their direction which they spotted and looked rather worried as it was getting near flight time so there were a few still quite full pint glasses and they had a sudden urge to check out the shops....
J4CKO said:
I worked on this bar,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplu...
As well as the cafe,
We had a load of bikers in and, initially they were fine, but they stood there necking beers and got quite lairy and unpleasant, lad I was working with was not to be trifled with, he had a bit of a stutter and they were taking the piss out of that and they took the piss out of my ears.
Anyway, their flight wasn't due for a bit so he asked me to pull a couple more of what they had been having before they asked, they were getting hammered and kept shouting "I feel the need, the need for speed". The lad took the pints and walked into the back and placed them on the bar, the inevitable request for another five or six (cant remember the exact number) but I did a few more to make up the total and my colleague served them very deliberately making sure the ringleaders got the ones that he had spirited into the back.
I waited until a convenient moment and asked what the had added, he said nothing had been added but he had washed his knob in them
Another time, on the café, had a group of lads who decided to make my life a misery, folk have a habit of turning up waaay to early and having round drinking for ages, one of them was really quite nasty. I spotted one of the airport coppers I had on occasion chatted with (some nights were very quiet) so wandered over and engaged him in conversation, didn't mention my new friends but on another subject I made a point of looking like I was talkign about them and pointed in their direction which they spotted and looked rather worried as it was getting near flight time so there were a few still quite full pint glasses and they had a sudden urge to check out the shops....
The thing about flying in the old days was that it was so much more refined,https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplu...
As well as the cafe,
We had a load of bikers in and, initially they were fine, but they stood there necking beers and got quite lairy and unpleasant, lad I was working with was not to be trifled with, he had a bit of a stutter and they were taking the piss out of that and they took the piss out of my ears.
Anyway, their flight wasn't due for a bit so he asked me to pull a couple more of what they had been having before they asked, they were getting hammered and kept shouting "I feel the need, the need for speed". The lad took the pints and walked into the back and placed them on the bar, the inevitable request for another five or six (cant remember the exact number) but I did a few more to make up the total and my colleague served them very deliberately making sure the ringleaders got the ones that he had spirited into the back.
I waited until a convenient moment and asked what the had added, he said nothing had been added but he had washed his knob in them
Another time, on the café, had a group of lads who decided to make my life a misery, folk have a habit of turning up waaay to early and having round drinking for ages, one of them was really quite nasty. I spotted one of the airport coppers I had on occasion chatted with (some nights were very quiet) so wandered over and engaged him in conversation, didn't mention my new friends but on another subject I made a point of looking like I was talkign about them and pointed in their direction which they spotted and looked rather worried as it was getting near flight time so there were a few still quite full pint glasses and they had a sudden urge to check out the shops....
Or maybe not,
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