I know that his isn't strictly to do with holidays, But I thought I might share this with those interested in air travel . I work in an Oxfam bookshop and today I found, in a box of donated books, a Bradshaw's International Air Guide dating from 1934. It's packed with information that an air traveller of that time would need. There are complete time-tables and fares for all routes flying from Europe, plus other data and a route map.

For instance, there were over 130 places served from London (Croydon) and an extensive internal network . This includes services from Bournemouth to Weymouth and a service from London to the Isle of Wight. There was also an extensive network of European flights plus some transcontinental ones to such places as India and South Africa. These latter took several days because they included overnight stops in hotels.

As for fares , they were very high. For instance London-Paris was £33 return and London-Singapore £180 single. Don't forget that the average wage at this time was about £2 a week. As for the book, I have just valued similar ones on the internet and it is worth over £200, because of its rarity value and the historical information it contains.