A few bits of info my Dad, who was born and grew up in Chichester, mentioned about LEC and their runway:
- The original grass runway was marked out with the doors of LEC refrigerators
- If one of the European salesforce got a positive lead from a customer (presumably a wholesaler), a refrigerator for demonstration would be loaded in their aircraft and flown to the customer the next day. This was often a deal clincher.
- A letter from the company to Flight magazine can be seen here: 1956 | 0783 | Flight Archive