Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1913 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Teesside Airport
Covering Dates: 1964-1969
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Catalogue Description
These scrapbooks were created by Peter William Brett Semmens and his daughter Morwenna. Peter Semmens was later Deputy Keeper of the National Railway Museum on its move to York and a well known railway journalist, author and consultant.The books contain press cuttings and other documents relating to Teesside Airport between 1964 and 1969. There is a particular focus on the 'London not Luton' campaign, in which Peter Semmens played an active part, against the decision by Autair International Airways to run flights from Teesside to Luton and not London Heathrow.
A short summary of the creation of the scrapbooks, including some of Morwenna Semmens' childhood memories, can be found inside the front cover of each volume.
Catalogue Contents
Scrapbooks regarding Teesside Airport (Ref: D/X 1913/1/1-6)Ref: D/X 1913/1/1
Scrapbook of press cuttings and other material relating to Teesside Airport, 22 October 1964 - 24 December 1966
Includes:
letter to Mr. Semmens from Treasury Chambers regarding the provision of customs facilities at Teesside Airport, 6 Nov 1964
programme for official opening of terminal, 1 November 1966
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 1913/1/2Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to Teesside Airport, most regarding the campaign against routing London flights to Luton rather than Heathrow, 2 January - 7 March 1967
Includes:
decision by Air Transport Licensing Board to award licence to Autair International Airways to run flights between Teesside and London
related appeal by British Eagle International Airlines and letters to Mr. Semmens from British Eagle International Airlines, the House of Commons, 24 November 1966 - 2 February 1967
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 1913/1/3Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to Teesside Airport, including the 'London not Luton' campaign, 10 October 1967 - n.d. [1968]
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 1913/1/4Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to Teesside Airport, 10 October 1967 - n.d. [1968]
Includes:
timetables for Autair International Airways, 1967-1968
timetable for Dan-Air Services Limited, 1967
Report of the Directors and Accounts of Court Line Limited for the year ending 30 September 1967
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 1913/1/5Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to Teesside Airport, 1 January - August 1968
Includes:
souvenir booklet for passengers of Autair International Airways, n.d. [c.1968]
Dan-Air Services Limited route map and information booklet, n.d. [c.1968]
Aircraft charter agreement between Autair International Airways and the Teesside Centre of the Stephenson Locomotive Society for aerial tours on 21 August 1968
timetables for Autair International Airways, 1968
timetable for Dan-Air Services Limited, April 1968
various tickets for flights from Teesside Airport, 1968
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 1913/1/6Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to Teesside Airport, 1 October 1968 - 20 January 1969
(1 volume)
