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Liverpool Echo newspaper travel section clipping from September 17, 1981 with headline 'A boom - despite the gloom?'

Liverpool Echo newspaper travel section clipping from September 17, 1981 with headline 'A boom - despite the gloom?'

A newspaper clipping from the Liverpool Echo's travel section dated September 17, 1981, featuring an article by Brian Hill titled 'A boom - despite the gloom?' The article discusses the winter holiday booking market and mentions the new Laker company, Laker Holidays North, which had sold 5,000 winter holidays since launching its programme five weeks prior. This clipping captures the travel industry context during Laker Airways' final operational period before its collapse in February 1982.

Liverpool Echo newspaper clipping 1981 travel industry Laker Holidays North Sir Freddie Laker winter holidays press coverage 1980s

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