I had to pop into Bishop’s Stortford this afternoon as our Waitrose delivery van had broken down (yeah, we’re posh like that, I best not mention we also get an Ocado delivery midweek as well!) so I had to go and pick up our shopping – very impressed with the bottle of Proseco they gave us for the inconvenience! Anyhow, on the way back I stopped off at Thremhall Park to have a quick nosy about and take some photos.
I’ve visited the place before, but always on business during business hours when it’s packed out so it was interesting to see what it was like on a rather dull Saturday afternoon. It’s a grade 2 listed building with additional office buildings scattered around the 12 acres of parklands.
As it turned out the rather more (photographically interesting) area was the Kearsley Airlines building on the road into the business park.
The business started just after the 2nd World War flying and repairing Dakota’s and they were involved in the Berlin Airlift in August 1948. They sold off their fleet of airplanes in 1950 and became a dedicated repair facility. The main featured photograph is of the painting facility and I like to believe that this (or at least the building) was there back at the outset of the company. The backdrop of tress really makes the building sit snugly in its surroundings. The second thing I love about this company is its logo which has barely changed since the 1940’s and does feel really quire old fashioned…but in a stable solid and reliable way, if that makes sense!
Oh, and yes, those really are spare tyres for aeroplanes!
