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Crawley Observer, 29/8/7, page 5
Gatwick ‘not for sale’
Crawley News, 29/8/7, page 2
Gatwick Airport ‘to be sold within a year’
If its in the papers it must be true…

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Stood on the platform at Clapham Junction and watched two trains for Brighton arrive within 4 minutes of each other. Both were so crammed that the station must surely be thinking of hiring some of those people the Japanese metro has to push commuters into over-full carriages. These were immediately followed by a nearly-empty Gatwick [...]

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The news about the Gatwick Express could be extremely handy for those of us living in Crawley.
BAA Gatwick argued strongly for its retention, and I can see their point of view. It is a good service to offer travellers - a direct train into London where it is impossible to get off at [...]

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I found this story in today’s G2 more than a bit depressing. Living in another airport town it is of some relevance to me as well.
I’ll be honest, I had never heard of the village of Sipson. I just assumed the growth of Brentford, Slough and Uxbridge had resulted in urban sprawl around [...]

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We are supposed to be having these perseid meteor showers tonight, and the predictions are that it will be a particularly good one.
I have been out for a look but didn’t see a lot. In about 15 minutes I saw 3 shoting stars. Its supposed to be at its peak between 2 and [...]

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We all went down to Eastbourne today for the Sussex Youth Games, or to give the full title ‘The BAA Gatwick Sussex Youth Games”. Credit where credit is due, when they are not making plans to build new runways on the edge of the town, BAA Gatwick are quite good neighbours. Apart from the youth [...]

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Another thing about the Airbus A380 is that it could be a very significant plane locally, depending on how the air travel industry turns out. If long-haul flights from Gatwick change to larger capacity planes like the A380 we could see the increase in passenger numbers at Gatwick, helping to bolster the local economy, without [...]

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This week we are childless. Frankie has gone on a week’s ski trip with his school, and the two youngest have gone to stay with grandparents for half-term, so we decided to take a little break and went over to Amsterdam for a couple of days.
After the experience of booking through eBookers I was [...]

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