I too remember that, except the 60's bits. I remember that BD DC-9 very very well, I was up that footpath I mentioned in an earlier post watching that and I have it on video somewhere at my folks place. I'll have to try and dig it out next time I go home and get it on Utoobe or something.
I also remember seeing a Monarch 757 come in BEFORE the extention was built. At the time it was the biggest a/c to have visited LBA. Got pis of that at my folks place from the terminal building. It is also the first a/c that I can actually remember seeing with 4 wheels on the main gear
On a BY 732 flight into LBA as a youngster one very stormy day with lightning all around and the a/c bumping around all over the place. That was back in the days when flying was a real luxury and not that many people did it. The cabin was eerily silent as that little 737 was bouncing around, and as we were about to land, my Dad (who used to fly l/haul regularly back then)shouts out " Don't worry - if it goes wrong there is a cemetary at the end of the runway".
Once went up to the bomb holes one summer evening with a couple of friends on our bikes, and climbed over the fence to play in that old burnt out wreckage that used to be next to the boundary fence - what a/c was that BTW - any reg/type info ?.
Is the Tut 'N' Shive still open in Yeadon, bottom of "The Steep"?
Rick, last time I in Yeadon, it was still there but was called the "Tut 'N' Shive Too". Was quite innovative back in the day when it first opened with the toilets for seats !!. My neice and her other half now live in Yeadon and frequent "The Aviator" on the High Street, where the cinema used to be. Not been myself yet, but the say it is pretty good and does good food too.
