Portholme Meadow

Portholme Floods, 1903 (CRO)

Portholme meadow was being used for horse-racing by 1773.

Liable to flood, this happened in 1903.

1910 a Bleriot monoplane pilot4d by James Radley of Bedford circled around Portholme covering a distance of 16.5 miles.

J Radley flying on Portholme in 1910

In 1910 it had been proposed to build three grandstands to watch airshows but the project failed.

An imaginary view of Portholme published in 1910 (CRO)

King George V reviewed the Highland Mounted Brigade here during WWI.

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