SIR – I was interested to see your article about the markings on Perdiswell golf course (September 22) that have come to light following the recent heatwave.

In the late 1940s and early 1950s there was about 14 football and rugby pitches on what was the airfield.

The Worcester Division of St John Ambulance had a first aid building on the site.

The building was near to the Bilford Road entrance and road bridge over the canal. This was manned during the football and rugby season by member of the Worcester St John Ambulance division to deal with injuries the players got while playing.

At that time the Worcester Division of St John Ambulance didn’t have a boys cadet unit. But Malvern did. I was a member of the Malvern boys cadet unit at that time and remember going to Perdiswell several times on a Saturday to help at the first aid post.

I would probably have cycled there from my home in Malvern.

I can’t remember any runways on the site then,  but there were still at least one or two aircraft hangars there.

You have to remember that in July 1939 when Birmingham Elmdon airport opened, it had grass runways.

It was not until later during the war years when aeroplanes got heavier that tarmac runways were laid. I think that there would have only been grass runways at Perdiswell!

Geoff Lewis

Malvern