Hot air balloon lands in Warwick Avenue, Quorn, 1986

Do you remember the day in May 1986 when a hot air balloon landed in Warwick Avenue? It caused quite a stir and everyone rushed out of their houses to have a look. In fact there was a joke that you never open the door to strangers unless they arrive in a hot air balloon!

David Bodicoat, who took this photograph, recalls “The thing was enormous! The occupants eventually deflated it, packed it away into its basket and drove off in in a Land Rover (or similar)."

Apparently the event never even made the Loughborough Echo – today it would be all over social media!

Submitted on: 2025-08-26

Submitted by: David Bodicoat

Artefact ID: 2619

Artefact URL: www.quornmuseum.com/display.php?id=2619

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